Proverbs 16:18

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Esther 3:5

When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath.

Esther 6:6

So Haman came in, and the king asked him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 17:19

He who loves transgression loves strife, And he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.

Isaiah 37:38

Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

Jeremiah 49:16

Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who hold the height of the hill! Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 50:32

The most proud shall stumble and fall, And no one will raise him up; I will kindle a fire in his cities, And it will devour all around him.”

Ezekiel 28:17

“Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.

Ezekiel 29:9

And the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’

Daniel 11:12

When he has taken away the multitude, his heart will be lifted up; and he will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not prevail.

Daniel 5:22

“But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this.

Daniel 5:24

Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.

Matthew 26:74

Then he began to curse and swear, saying, “I do not know the Man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.

Luke 14:9

and he who invited you and him come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.

Romans 11:20

Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.

1 Timothy 3:6

not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

Judges 11:28

However, the king of the people of Ammon did not heed the words which Jephthah sent him.

1 Samuel 17:42

And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was only a youth, ruddy and good-looking.