Proverbs 16:18

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“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

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BSBPD

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Pridegoethbefore destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Before destruction <FI>is<Fi> pride, And before stumbling--a haughty spirit.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 16:18 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 11:28But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
  2. Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
  3. Esther 6:6Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
  4. Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
  5. Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
  6. Proverbs 17:19He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
  7. Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
  8. Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
  9. Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
  10. Isaiah 37:10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
  11. Isaiah 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
  12. Jeremiah 50:32The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
  13. Ezekiel 28:17Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.
  14. Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
  15. Daniel 5:22But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
  16. Daniel 5:24Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
  17. Daniel 11:12When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph.
  18. Obadiah 1:3The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
  19. Matthew 26:33Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”
  20. Matthew 26:74At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
  21. Luke 14:9Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
  22. Romans 11:20That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
  23. 1 Timothy 3:6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

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