Proverbs 18:12

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 3:7

And now, O Lord God, you have caused your servant to reign in place of David, my father. But I am a small child, and I am ignorant of my entrance and departure.

Proverbs 11:2

Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the discipline of wisdom. And humility precedes glory.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 29:23

Humiliation follows the arrogant. And glory shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Ezekiel 28:2

"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart has been exalted, and you have said, 'I am God, and I sit in the chair of God, in the heart of the sea,' though you are a man, and not God, and because you have presented your heart as if it were the heart of God:

Ezekiel 28:9

So then, will you speak, in the presence of those who are destroying you, before the hand of those who are killing you, saying, 'I am God,' though you are a man, and not God?

Ezekiel 29:9

And the land of Egypt will be a desert and a wilderness. And they shall know that I am the Lord. For you have said, 'The river is mine, and I have made it.'

Daniel 9:20

And while I was still speaking and praying and confessing my sins, and the sins of my people, Israel, and offering my prayers in the sight of my God, on behalf of the holy mountain of my God,

Daniel 9:23

At the beginning of your prayers, the message came forth, yet I have come to explain it to you because you are a man who is seeking. Therefore, you must pay close attention to the message and understand the vision.

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted."

1 Peter 5:5

Similarly, young persons, be subject to the elders. And infuse all humility among one another, for God resists the arrogant, but to the humble he gives grace.