Proverbs 18:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.

Proverbs 18:12 Cross References

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.

Proverbs 11:2

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

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour goeth humility.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 29:23

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

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, 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 man, and not God, though thou didst set thine heart as the heart of God:

Ezekiel 28:9

Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth 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 9:20

And whiles 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;

Daniel 9:23

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

Luke 14:11

For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.