Proverbs 16:18

New Century Version

Pride leads to destruction; a proud attitude brings ruin.

Cross References

Esther 3:5

When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down to him or honor him, he became very angry.

Esther 6:6

So Haman came in. And the king asked him, “What should be done for a man whom the king wants very much to honor?” And Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king want to honor more than me?”

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the platform he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king was not so angry anymore.

Proverbs 11:2

Pride leads only to shame; it is wise to be humble.

Proverbs 17:19

Whoever loves to argue loves to sin. Whoever brags a lot is asking for trouble.

Proverbs 18:12

Proud people will be ruined, but the humble will be honored.

Proverbs 29:23

Pride will ruin people, but those who are humble will be honored.

Proverbs 8:13

If you respect the Lord, you will also hate evil. I hate pride and bragging, evil ways and lies.

Isaiah 37:38

One day as Sennacherib was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with a sword. Then they escaped to the land of Ararat. So Sennacherib’s son Esarhaddon became king of Assyria.

Jeremiah 49:16

Edom, you frightened other nations, but your pride has fooled you. You live in the hollow places of the cliff and control the high places of the hills. Even if you build your home as high as an eagle’s nest, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:32

Proud Babylon will stumble and fall, and no one will help her get up. I will start a fire in her towns, and it will burn up everything around her.”

Ezekiel 28:17

You became too proud because of your beauty. You ruined your wisdom because of your greatness. I threw you down to the ground. Your example taught a lesson to other kings.

Ezekiel 29:9

Egypt will become an empty desert. Then they will know that I am the Lord. “ ‘Because you said, “The Nile River is mine, and I have made it,”

Daniel 11:12

and the soldiers will be carried away. The king of the South will then be very proud and will kill thousands of soldiers from the northern army, but he will not continue to be successful.

Daniel 5:22

“Belshazzar, you already knew these things, because you are a descendant of Nebuchadnezzar. Still you have not been sorry for what you have done.

Daniel 5:24

So God sent the hand that wrote on the wall.

Matthew 26:74

Then Peter began to place a curse on himself and swear, “I don’t know the man.” At once, a rooster crowed.

Luke 14:9

The host, who invited both of you, will come to you and say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be embarrassed and will have to move to the last place.

Romans 11:20

That is true. But those branches were broken off because they did not believe, and you continue to be part of the tree only because you believe. Do not be proud, but be afraid.

1 Timothy 3:6

But an elder must not be a new believer, or he might be too proud of himself and be judged guilty just as the devil was.

Judges 11:28

But the king of the Ammonites ignored this message from Jephthah.

1 Samuel 17:42

When Goliath looked at David and saw that he was only a boy, tanned and handsome, he looked down on David with disgust.