Proverbs 16:18

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Esther 3:5

When Haman saw that Mordecai neither bowed nor paid him homage, he was filled with rage.

Esther 6:6

And Haman entered. Now the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?” Haman thought in his heart, “Who more than me would the king desire to honor?”

Esther 7:10

Then the king said, “Hang him on it!” So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

Proverbs 11:2

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

Proverbs 17:19

He who loves sin loves strife, and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor comes humility.

Proverbs 29:23

The pride of man will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will attain honor.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and perverse speech do I hate.

Isaiah 37:38

As he was worshipping in the house of Nisrok, his god, Adrammelek and Sharezer, his sons, struck him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

Jeremiah 49:16

As for the terror of you, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:32

The most proud will stumble and fall, and no one will raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour everything all around him.

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness; I cast you to the ground, I lay you before kings, that they may see you.

Ezekiel 29:9

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

Daniel 11:12

When he has taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands, but he shall not be strengthened by it.

Daniel 5:22

“Yet you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this;

Daniel 5:24

Then the hand was sent from Him, and this inscription was written.

Matthew 26:74

Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and he swore, “I do not know the Man.” Then immediately a cock crowed.

Luke 14:9

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

Romans 11:20

This is correct. They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear.

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be newly converted, so that he does not become prideful and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

Judges 11:28

Yet the Ammonite king would not listen to the message that Jephthah had sent him.

1 Samuel 17:42

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him. For he was a youth and ruddy with a handsome appearance.