Proverbs 18:12

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Summary

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

Destruction

Acts 12:21

And

General references

1 Kings 20:18

Proverbs 16:18

Bible References

Destruction

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas, (and thou art a man, and not God,) and thou settest thy heart as the heart of God:

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

And on a set day, clothed in royal apparel and sitting on the elevated seat of honour, Herod made a public oration to them.

And

The fear of Jehovah is the discipline of wisdom, and before honour goeth humility.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

And I said, Woe unto me! for I am undone; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.

And whilst I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Jehovah my God for the holy mountain of my God;

for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.

Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against the proud, but to the humble gives grace.

General references

And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.