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 comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

Truly, this was the sin of your sister Sodom: pride, a full measure of food, and the comforts of wealth in peace, were seen in her and her daughters, and she gave no help to the poor or to those in need.

Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, This is what the Lord has said: Because your heart has been lifted up, and you have said, I am a god, I am seated on the seat of God in the heart of the seas; but you are man and not God, though you have made your heart as the heart of God:

But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;

And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.

And

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.

And while I was still saying these words in prayer, and putting my sins and the sins of my people Israel before the Lord, and requesting grace from the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.

General references

And he said, If they have come out for peace, take them living, and if they have come out for war, take them living.

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.