Proverbs 16:18

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹⁷ A highway of the upright is, 'Turn from evil,' Whoso is preserving his soul is watching his way. ¹⁸ Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.' ¹⁹ Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

Lifted Up

Pride Goes Before Destruction

Proverbs 11:2

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly is wisdom.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour is humility.

Obadiah 1:3-4

The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, O dweller in clifts of a rock, (A high place is his habitation, He is saying in his heart, 'Who doth bring me down to earth?')

Esther 3:5

And Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury,

Esther 6:6

And 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?'

Esther 7:10

And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.

Proverbs 17:19

Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

Proverbs 29:23

The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

Isaiah 2:11-12

The 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 37:10-13

'Thus do ye speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God lift thee up in whom thou art trusting, saying, Jerusalem is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.

Isaiah 37:38

And 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.

Daniel 4:30-37

the king hath answered and said, Is not this that great Babylon that I have built, for the house of the kingdom, in the might of my strength, and for the glory of mine honour?

Daniel 5:22

'And thou, his son, Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though all this thou hast known;

Daniel 5:24

'Then from before Him sent is the extremity of the hand, and the writing is noted down;

Matthew 26:33-35

And Peter answering said to him, 'Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'

Matthew 26:74

Then began he to anathematise, and to swear -- 'I have not known the man;' and immediately did a cock crow,

Romans 11:20

by unbelief they were broken off, and thou hast stood by faith; be not high-minded, but be fearing;

1 Timothy 3:6

not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall to a judgment of the devil;