Proverbs 16:18
Being proud will ◄lead to your having/cause you to have► disasters; despising others will result in your being ruined.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 11:28But the king of the Ammon people-group did not pay attention to that message from Jephthah.
Esther 6:6When Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should I do for a man whom I want to honor?” Haman thought to himself, “◄Whom would the king like to honor more than me?/I think there is no one whom the king would like to honor more than me!►” [RHQ]
Proverbs 11:2People who are proud will eventually be disgraced; it is wise to be humble.
Proverbs 18:12Proud people are on the road to being ruined, but being humble leads to being honored.
Isaiah 2:11Yahweh will cause you people to no longer be arrogant, and he will stop you from being proud. Only Yahweh will be praised/honored on that day.
Isaiah 37:38One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat region northwest of Nineveh. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria.
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 →