Proverbs 18:12 KJV
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Proverbs 18:12, King James Version
In context
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 15:33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
- 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
- Ezekiel 28:2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God; Because thine 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 a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
- Proverbs 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
- Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.