Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
In Context
19Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, Than to share the spoil with the proud.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh disgrace; But with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.
Isaiah 2:11The proud looks of man shall be humbled, And the loftiness of mortals shall be brought low; Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 37:38And as he was worshipping in the temple of Nisroch, his god, he was slain with the sword by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer, who escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned 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 →