Proverbs 16:18
Pride [is] before destruction, || And before stumbling—a haughty spirit.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
In Context
19Better is humility of spirit with the poor, || Than to apportion spoil with the proud.
Cross References
Judges 11:28And the king of the sons of Ammon has not listened to the words of Jephthah which he sent to him,
Esther 6:6And Haman comes in, and the king says to him, “What should [I] do with the man in whose honor the king has delighted?” And Haman says in his heart, “To whom does the king delight to do honor more than myself?”
Proverbs 11:2Pride has come, and shame comes, || And wisdom [is] with the lowly.
Proverbs 18:12The heart of man is high before destruction, || And humility [is] before honor.
Isaiah 2:11The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, || And the loftiness of men has been bowed down, || And YHWH alone has been set on high in that day.
Isaiah 37:38And it comes to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of his god Nisroch, and his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer have struck him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and his son Esar-Haddon reigns in his stead.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:18
17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. Note, 1. It is the way of the upright to avoid sin, and every thing that looks like it and leads towards it; and this is a highway marked out by authority, tracked by many that have gone before us, and in which we meet with many that keep company with us; it is easy to find and safe to be travelled in, like a highway, Isa. xxxv. 8 . To depart from evil is understanding. 2. It is the care of the upright to preserve… Read the whole commentary →