Proverbs 18:12

New International Reader's Version

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

Cross References

1 Kings 3:7

“Lord my God, you have now made me king. You have put me in the place of my father David. But I’m only a little child. I don’t know how to carry out my duties.

Proverbs 11:2

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

Proverbs 15:33

Wisdom teaches you to have respect for the Lord. So don’t be proud if you want to be honored.

Proverbs 16:18

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

Proverbs 29:23

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

Ezekiel 28:2

“Son of man, speak to Ethbaal. He is the ruler of Tyre. Tell him, ‘The Lord and King says, “ ‘ “In your proud heart you say, ‘I am a god. I sit on the throne of a god in the Mediterranean Sea.’ But you are only a human being. You are not a god. In spite of that, you think you are as wise as a god.

Ezekiel 28:9

Then will you say, ‘I am a god’? Will you say that to those who kill you? You will be only a human being to those who kill you. You will not be a god to them.

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 9:20

I was speaking and praying. I was admitting that I and my people Israel had sinned. I was making my appeal to the Lord my God. My appeal was about his holy mountain of Zion.

Daniel 9:23

You are highly respected. So as soon as you began to pray, the Lord gave you a message. I have come to tell you what it is. Here is how you must understand the vision.

Luke 14:11

All those who lift themselves up will be made humble. And those who make themselves humble will be lifted up.”

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, I’m speaking to you who are younger. Follow the lead of those who are older. All of you, put on a spirit free of pride toward one another. Put it on as if it were your clothes. Do this because Scripture says, “God opposes those who are proud. But he gives grace to those who are humble.” (Proverbs 3:34)