Proverbs 18:12
Before shever (destruction) the lev ish is haughty, 1 and before kavod is anavah (humility). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
In Context
11The oisherʼs wealth is his strong city, 1 and is a high chomah in his own conceit. 1
Cross References
1 Kings 3:7And now, Hashem Elohai, Thou hast made Thy eved Melech in the place of Dovid Avi; and I am but a na'ar katon (little child); I know not how to go out or come in.
Proverbs 11:2When zadon (pride) cometh, then cometh kalon (shame, disgrace), 1 but with the humble is chochmah. 1
Proverbs 16:18Ga'on (pride) goeth before shever (destruction), 1 and a ruach of haughtiness before a fall. 1
Isaiah 6:5Then said I, Oy (Woe) is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for mine eyes have seen HaMelech, Hashem Tzva'os.
Ezekiel 28:2Ben adam, say unto the Nagid Tzor, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 Because thine lev is lifted up [in pride], 1 and thou hast said, El ani (I am a g-d), 1 and I sit on a moshav elohim (seat of g-ds), 1 in the midst of the yamim (seas); 1 yet thou art adam, and not El, 1 though thou set thine mind as the lev elohim; 1
Daniel 5:23But hast lifted up thyself against Hashem of Shomayim; and they have brought the vessels of His Beis Hamikdash before thee, and thou, and thy nobles, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the g-ds of silver, and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the G-d in Whose hand thy breath is, and Whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:12
11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Having described the firm and faithful defence of the righteous man ( v. 10 ), Solomon here shows what is the false and deceitful defence of the rich man, that has his portion and treasure in the things of this world, and sets his heart upon them. His wealth is as much his confidence, and he expects as much from it, as a godly man from his God. See, 1. How he supports himself. He makes his wealth his city, where he dwells, where… Read the whole commentary →