Proverbs 16:18 KJV
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18, King James Version
In context
17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
- Isaiah 2:11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
- Obadiah 1:3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
- Proverbs 29:23 A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.