Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an high minde before the fall.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
In Context
17The pathe of the righteous is to decline from euil, and hee keepeth his soule, that keepeth his way.
19Better it is to be of humble minde with the lowly, then to deuide the spoyles with the proude.
Cross References
Judges 11:28Howbeit the King of the children of Ammon hearkened not vnto the wordes of Iphtah, which he had sent him.
Esther 6:6And when Haman came in, the King saide vnto him, What shalbe done vnto ye man, whom the King will honour? Then Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the King do honour more then to me?
Proverbs 11:2When pride commeth, then commeth shame: but with the lowly is wisdome.
Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glory goeth lowlines.
Isaiah 2:11The hie looke of man shall be humbled, and the loftinesse of men shalbe abased, and the Lord onely shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah 37:38And as he was in the temple worshipping of Nisroch his god, Adramelech and Sharezer his sonnes slewe him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat: and Esarhaddon his sonne reigned in his steade.
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 →