Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. New Living Translation Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall. English Standard Version Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Berean Standard Bible Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. King James Bible Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. New King James Version Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. New American Standard Bible Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. NASB 1995 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. NASB 1977 Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. Legacy Standard Bible Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. Amplified Bible Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. Christian Standard Bible Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall. Holman Christian Standard Bible Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall. American Standard Version Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Disgrace is before ruin and pride of spirit before misfortune. Brenton Septuagint Translation Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall. Contemporary English Version Too much pride will destroy you. Douay-Rheims Bible Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall. English Revised Version Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. GOD'S WORD® Translation Pride precedes a disaster, and an arrogant attitude precedes a fall. Good News Translation Pride leads to destruction, and arrogance to downfall. International Standard Version Pride precedes destruction; an arrogant spirit appears before a fall. JPS Tanakh 1917 Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. Literal Standard Version Pride [is] before destruction, | And before stumbling—a haughty spirit. Majority Standard Bible Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. New American Bible Pride goes before disaster, and a haughty spirit before a fall. NET Bible Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. New Revised Standard Version Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. New Heart English Bible Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Webster's Bible Translation Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. World English Bible Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall. Young's Literal Translation Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling -- a haughty spirit.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD…17The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life. 18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 19It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.… Cross References 1 Samuel 17:42 When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome. Proverbs 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech. Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 17:19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction. Proverbs 18:12 Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. Proverbs 29:23 A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor. Jeremiah 49:16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD. Treasury of Scripture Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Proverbs 17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Jump to Previous Destruction Fall Goes Haughty Pride Spirit Stiff StumblingJump to Next Destruction Fall Goes Haughty Pride Spirit Stiff StumblingProverbs 16 1. The Plans of the heart(18) Pride goeth before destruction.--In contrast to the blessing promised to humility in Proverbs 15:33.Verse 18. - Pride goeth before destruction. A maxim continually enforced (see Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 17:19; Proverbs 18:12). Here is the contrast to the blessing on humility promised (Proverbs 15:33). A haughty spirit - a lifting up of spirit - goeth before a fall (comp. Daniel 4:29, etc). Thus, according to Herodotus (7:10), Artabanus warned the arrogant Xerxes, "Seest thou how God strikes with the thunder animals which overtop others, and suffers them not to vaunt themselves, but the small irritate him not? And seest thou how he hurls his bolts always against the mightiest buildings and the loftiest trees? For God is wont to cut short whatever is too highly exalted" (comp. Horace, 'Carm.,' 2:10.9, etc.). Says the Latin adage, "Qui petit alta nimis, retro lapsus ponitur imis." Caesar, 'Bell. Gall.,' 1:14, "Consuesse Deos immortales, quo gravius homines ex commutatione rerum doleant, quos pro sceiere eorum ulcisci velint, his secundiores interdum re, et diuturuiorem impunitatem concedere." The Chinese say, "Who flies not high falls not low;" and, "A great tree attracts the wind." The Basque proverb remarks, "Pride sought flight in heaven, fell to hell." And an Eastern one, "What is extended will tear; what is long will break" (Lane). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Prideגָּא֑וֹן (gā·’ō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1347: Arrogance, majesty, ornament goes before לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face destruction, שֶׁ֥בֶר (še·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash and a haughty גֹּ֣בַהּ (gō·ḇah) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1363: Elation, grandeur, arrogance spirit רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit before וְלִפְנֵ֥י (wə·lip̄·nê) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face a fall. כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן (ḵiš·šā·lō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3783: A tottering, ruin Links Proverbs 16:18 NIVProverbs 16:18 NLT Proverbs 16:18 ESV Proverbs 16:18 NASB Proverbs 16:18 KJV Proverbs 16:18 BibleApps.com Proverbs 16:18 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 16:18 Chinese Bible Proverbs 16:18 French Bible Proverbs 16:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction and a haughty (Prov. 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