When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance to him, Haman was infuriated.
Proverbs 16:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. American Standard Version (1901) Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall. Common English Bible Pride comes before disaster, and arrogance before a fall. Catholic Public Domain Version Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall. |
When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance to him, Haman was infuriated.
So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?”
So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
One who loves transgression loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.
Before destruction one’s heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.
A person’s pride will bring humiliation, but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
As he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat. His son Esar-haddon succeeded him.
The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Although you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, from there I will bring you down, says the Lord.
The arrogant one shall stumble and fall, with no one to raise him up, and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour everything around him.
Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.
and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they shall know that I am the Lord. Because you said, “The Nile is mine, and I made it,”
When the multitude has been carried off, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall overthrow tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
And you, Belshazzar his son, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this!
Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment the cock crowed.
and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give this person your place,’ and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place.
That is true. They were broken off on account of unbelief, but you stand on account of belief. So do not become arrogant, but be afraid.
He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.
But the king of the Ammonites did not heed the message that Jephthah sent him.
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was only a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.