Proverbs 16:18

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Proverbs 11:2

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

Proverbs 17:19

Those who love an offense love a fight; those who build their gate high court disaster.

Proverbs 18:12

Before disaster the heart is haughty, but before honor is humility.

Proverbs 29:23

Haughtiness brings humiliation, but the humble of spirit acquire honor.

Proverbs 8:13

[The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil;] Pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth I hate.

Isaiah 37:38

When he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and fled into the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.

Jeremiah 49:16

The terror you spread, the pride of your heart, beguiled you. You denizens of rocks and crevices, occupying towering peaks: Though you build your nest high as the eagle, from there I will bring you down—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:32

Insolence stumbles and falls; there is no one to raise him up. I will kindle a fire in his cities to devour everything around him.

Ezekiel 28:17

Your heart had grown haughty because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. I cast you to the ground, I made you a spectacle in the sight of kings.

Ezekiel 29:9

The land of Egypt shall become a desolate waste; then they shall know that I am the Lord. Because you said, “The Nile belongs to me; I made it!”

Daniel 11:12

When the host is carried off, in the pride of his heart he shall bring down tens of thousands, but he shall not triumph.

Daniel 5:22

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

Daniel 5:24

By him was the hand sent, and the writing set down.

Matthew 26:74

At that he began to curse and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately a cock crowed.

Luke 14:9

and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then you would proceed with embarrassment to take the lowest place.

Romans 11:20

That is so. They were broken off because of unbelief, but you are there because of faith. So do not become haughty, but stand in awe.

1 Timothy 3:6

He should not be a recent convert, so that he may not become conceited and thus incur the devil’s punishment.

Judges 11:28

But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him. Jephthah’s Vow.

1 Samuel 17:42

When he sized David up and saw that he was youthful, ruddy, and handsome in appearance, he began to deride him.