Proverbs 18:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹² Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honor is humility.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour is humility.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Haughtiness comes before disaster, but humility before honor.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor goeth humility.

Common English Bible

¹² Pride comes before a disaster, but humility comes before respect.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² The heart of a man is exalted before it is crushed and humbled before it is glorified.

Proverbs 18:12 Cross References

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor 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.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Luke 14:11

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Ezekiel 28:9

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

Daniel 9:23

At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to show thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.

Daniel 9:20

And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

Ezekiel 29:9

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the Lord. Because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it,

1 Kings 3:7

And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.