Proverbs 16:18

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

ASV

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

LSV

Pride [is] before destruction, || And before stumbling—a haughty spirit.

YLT

Before destruction [is] pride, And before stumbling — a haughty spirit.'

DBY

Pride [goeth] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

DRC

Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.

GNV

Pride goeth before destruction, and an high minde before the fall.

JPS

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

LXXE

Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֥בֶר גָּא֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן גֹּ֣בַהּ רֽוּחַ׃

LXX-Br

Πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις, πρὸ δὲ πτώματος κακοφροσύνη.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
• Isaiah 2:11–12The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is…
• Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Obadiah 1:3–4The 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?’ Though you soar like the eagle and make…
• Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
• 1 Timothy 3:6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
• Proverbs 17:19He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
• Romans 11:20That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
• 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?”
• Daniel 4:30–37the 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?” While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came…
• Daniel 5:22But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
• Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
• Matthew 26:33–35Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.” “Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” Peter replied, “Even if I have…
• Isaiah 37:10–13“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. Surely you have heard what the…
• 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.

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