Proverbs 16:18

New International Reader's Version

If you are proud, you will be destroyed. If you are proud, you will fall.

Cross References

Esther 3:5

Haman noticed that Mordecai wouldn’t get down on his knees. He wouldn’t give Haman any honor. So Haman was very angry.

Esther 6:6

Haman entered. Then the king asked him, “What should be done for the man I want to honor?” Haman said to himself, “Is there anyone the king would rather honor than me?”

Esther 7:10

So they did. And they used the pole Haman had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger calmed down.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, shame follows. But wisdom comes to those who are not proud.

Proverbs 17:19

The one who loves to argue loves to sin. The one who builds a high gate is just asking to be destroyed.

Proverbs 18:12

If a person’s heart is proud, they will be destroyed. So don’t be proud if you want to be honored.

Proverbs 29:23

Pride brings a person low. But those whose spirits are low will be honored.

Proverbs 8:13

To have respect for the Lord is to hate evil. I hate pride and bragging. I hate evil ways and twisted words.

Isaiah 37:38

One day Sennacherib was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok. His sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with their swords. Then they escaped to the land of Ararat. Esarhaddon became the next king after his father Sennacherib.

Jeremiah 49:16

You live in the safety of the rocks. You live on top of the hills. But the terror you stir up has now turned against you. Your proud heart has tricked you. You build your nest as high as an eagle does. But I will bring you down from there,” announces the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:32

You proud people will trip and fall. No one will help you up. I will start a fire in your towns. It will burn up everyone around you.”

Ezekiel 28:17

You thought you were so handsome that it made your heart proud. You thought you were so glorious that it spoiled your wisdom. So I threw you down to the earth. I made an example out of you in front of kings.

Ezekiel 29:9

Egypt will become a dry and empty desert. Then your people will know that I am the Lord. “You said, ‘The Nile River belongs to me. I made it for myself.’

Daniel 11:12

His soldiers will be carried off. Then the king of Egypt will be filled with pride. He will kill many thousands of soldiers. But his success will not last.

Daniel 5:22

“But you knew all that, Belshazzar. After all, you are Nebuchadnezzar’s son. In spite of that, you are still proud.

Daniel 5:24

So he sent the hand that wrote on the wall.

Matthew 26:74

Then Peter began to curse and said to them, “I don’t know the man!” Right away a rooster crowed.

Luke 14:9

If so, the host who invited both of you will come to you. He will say, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then you will be filled with shame. You will have to take the least important place.

Romans 11:20

That’s true. But they were broken off because they didn’t believe. You stand only because you do believe. So don’t be proud, but tremble.

1 Timothy 3:6

The leader must not be a new believer. If he is, he might become proud. Then he would be judged just like the devil.

Judges 11:28

But the king of Ammon didn’t pay any attention to the message Jephthah sent him.

1 Samuel 17:42

Goliath looked David over. He saw how young he was. He also saw how healthy and handsome he was. And he hated him.