Proverbs 16:18

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Too much pride will destroy you.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:2

Too much pride can put you to shame. It's wiser to be humble.

Proverbs 18:12

Pride leads to destruction; humility leads to honour.

Proverbs 29:23

Too much pride brings disgrace; humility leads to honour.

1 Timothy 3:6

They must not be new followers of the Lord. If they are, they might become proud and be doomed along with the devil.

Romans 11:20

That's true enough. But they were cut away because they did not have faith, and you are where you are because you do have faith. So don't be proud, but be afraid.

Proverbs 17:19

The wicked and the proud love trouble and keep begging to be hurt.

Esther 6:6

When Haman entered the room, the king asked him, “What should I do for a man I want to honour?” Haman was sure that he was the one the king wanted to honour.

Esther 7:10

Straight away, Haman was hanged on the tower he had built to hang Mordecai, and the king calmed down.

Daniel 5:22

King Belshazzar, you knew all this, but you still refused to honour the Lord who rules from heaven.

Isaiah 37:38

One day he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, when his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. They escaped to the land of Ararat, and his son Esarhaddon became king.

Esther 3:5

Haman was furious to learn that Mordecai refused to kneel down and honour him.

Daniel 5:24

That's why he sent the hand to write this message on the wall.

Matthew 26:74

Peter began to curse and swear, “I don't know that man!” At once a cock crowed,

1 Samuel 17:42

When Goliath saw that David was just a healthy, good-looking boy, he made fun of him.

Proverbs 8:13

If you respect the LORD, you will hate evil. I hate pride and conceit and deceitful lies.

Jeremiah 49:16

Pride tricks you into thinking that other nations look at you with fear. You live along the cliffs and high in the mountains like the eagles, but I am the LORD, and I will bring you down.

Ezekiel 29:9

until your land is a barren desert. Then you will know that I have done these things. You claimed that you made the River Nile and control it.

Judges 11:28

But the king of Ammon paid no attention to Jephthah's message.

Jeremiah 50:32

You are proud, but you will stumble and fall, and no one will help you up. I will set your villages on fire, and everything around you will go up in flames.

Ezekiel 28:17

It was your good looks that made you arrogant, and you were so famous that you started acting like a fool. That's why I threw you to the ground and let other kings sneer at you.

Daniel 11:12

The king of the south will feel proud because of the many thousands he has killed. But his victories won't last long,

Luke 14:9

Then the one who invited you will come and say, “Give your place to this other guest!” You will be embarrassed and will have to sit in the worst place.