Proverbs 16:18

Bible in Basic English 1965

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Cross References

Esther 3:5

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.

Esther 6:6

So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?

Esther 7:10

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Proverbs 17:19

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

Isaiah 37:38

And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword, and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, became king in his place.

Jeremiah 49:16

(UNTRANSLATED TEXT) the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:32

And pride will go with uncertain steps and have a fall, and there will be no one to come to his help: and I will put a fire in his towns, burning up everything round about him.

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart was lifted up because you were beautiful, you made your wisdom evil through your sin: I have sent you down, even to the earth; I have made you low before kings, so that they may see you.

Ezekiel 29:9

And the land of Egypt will be an unpeopled waste; and they will be certain that I am the Lord: because he has said, The Nile is mine, and I made it.

Daniel 11:12

And the army will be taken away, and his heart will be uplifted: he will be the cause of the downfall of tens of thousands, but he will not be strong.

Daniel 5:22

And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not kept your heart free from pride, though you had knowledge of all this;

Daniel 5:24

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

Matthew 26:74

Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.

Luke 14:9

And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.

Romans 11:20

Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear;

1 Timothy 3:6

Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.

Judges 11:28

The king of the children of Ammon, however, did not give ear to the words which Jephthah sent to him.

1 Samuel 17:42

And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.