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 shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she 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 midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God;-

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from 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 upon a set day Herod arrayed himself in royal apparel, and sat on the throne, and made an oration unto them.

And

The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honor goeth humility.

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

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because 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 while 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 everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

General references

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

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