Proverbs 18:12
The herte of man is enhaunsid, bifor that it be brokun; and it is maad meke, bifore that it be glorified.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
In Context
11The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; and as a stronge wal cumpassinge hym.
13He that answerith bifore that he herith, shewith hym silf to be a fool; and worthi of schenschipe.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:7And now, Lord God, thou hast maad thi seruaunt to regne for Dauid, my fadir; forsothe Y am a litil child, and not knowynge myn outgoynge and entryng.
Proverbs 11:2Where pride is, there also dispising schal be; but where meeknesse is, there also is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Pride goith bifore sorewe; and the spirit schal be enhaunsid byfor fallyng.
Isaiah 6:5And Y seide, Wo to me, for Y was stille; for Y am a man defoulid in lippis, and Y dwelle in the myddis of the puple hauynge defoulid lippis, and Y siy with myn iyen the kyng Lord of oostis.
Ezekiel 28:2and he seide, Sone of man, seie thou to the prince of Tire, The Lord God seith these thingis, For thin herte was reisid, and thou seidist, Y am God, and Y sat in the chaier of God, in the herte of the see, sithen thou art man and not God, and thou yauest thin herte as the herte of God; lo!
Daniel 5:23but thou were reisid ayens the Lord of heuene, and the vessels of his hous weren brouyt bifore thee, and thou, and thi beste men, and thi wyues, and thi concubyns, drunken wyn in tho vessels; and thou heriedist goddis of siluer, and of gold, and of bras, and of irun, and of tree, and of stoon, that seen not, nether heren, nether feelen; certis thou glorifiedist not God, that hath thi blast, and alle thi weies in his hond.