Proverbs 18:12

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 3:7

“Now, O  Lord, my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, and I am still a little child and do not know how to go out or come in.

Proverbs 11:2

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

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 29:23

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

Ezekiel 28:2

Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the midst of the seas,” yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God.

Ezekiel 28:9

Will you yet say before him who slays you, “I am a god,” although you are a man and not God, in the hands of those who wound 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 9:20

While I was speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God,

Daniel 9:23

At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore understand the matter and consider the vision:

Luke 14:11

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. Yes, all of you be submissive one to another and clothe yourselves with humility, because “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”