Proverbs 16:18

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 29:23

One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Romans 11:20

That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.

Proverbs 17:19

Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction.

Esther 6:6

So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.

Daniel 5:22

And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

Isaiah 37:38

And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword. And after they escaped into the land of Ararat, Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

Esther 3:5

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury.

Daniel 5:24

“Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.

Matthew 26:74

Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed.

1 Samuel 17:42

And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Jeremiah 49:16

The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle’s, I will bring you down from there, declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 29:9

and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord. “Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’

Judges 11:28

But the king of the Ammonites did not listen to the words of Jephthah that he sent to him.

Jeremiah 50:32

The proud one shall stumble and fall, with none to raise him up, and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all that is around him.

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you.

Daniel 11:12

And when the multitude is taken away, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.

Luke 14:9

and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this person,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.