Proverbs 16:18
Before destruction [is] pride, And before stumbling — a haughty spirit.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
In Context
17A highway of the upright [is], 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way.
19Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.
Cross References
Judges 11:28And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him,
Esther 6:6And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, 'What — to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?' And Haman saith in his heart, 'To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?'
Proverbs 11:2Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.
Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour [is] humility.
Isaiah 2:11The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.
Isaiah 37:38And it cometh to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of Nisroch his god, and Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons have smitten him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and Esar-Haddon his son reigneth 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 →