Proverbs 16:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Pride comes before disaster, and arrogance before a fall.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18 Cross References

Esther 3:5

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

Esther 6:6

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Proverbs 11:2

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

Proverbs 17:19

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

Proverbs 18:12

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

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low: But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honour.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the froward mouth, do I hate.

Isaiah 37:38

And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

Jeremiah 49:16

As for thy terribleness, the pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD;

Jeremiah 50:32

And the proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all that are round about him.

Ezekiel 28:17

Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I have cast thee to the ground, I have laid thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

Ezekiel 29:9

And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it,

Daniel 11:12

And the multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted: and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.

Daniel 5:22

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

Daniel 5:24

Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

Matthew 26:74

Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And straightway the cock crew.

Luke 14:9

and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

Romans 11:20

Well; by their unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by thy faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

1 Timothy 3:6

not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Judges 11:28

Howbeit the king of the children Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

1 Samuel 17:42

And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance.