Proverbs 18:12

The Message

Pride first, then the crash, but humility is precursor to honor.

Cross References

1 Kings 3:7

“And now here I am: God, my God, you have made me, your servant, ruler of the kingdom in place of David my father. I’m too young for this, a mere child! I don’t know the ropes, hardly know the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of this job. And here I am, set down in the middle of the people you’ve chosen, a great people—far too many to ever count.

Proverbs 11:2

The stuck-up fall flat on their faces, but down-to-earth people stand firm.

Proverbs 15:33

Fear-of-God is a school in skilled living— first you learn humility, then you experience glory.

Proverbs 16:18

First pride, then the crash— the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.

Proverbs 29:23

Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.

Daniel 9:20

“While I was pouring out my heart, baring my sins and the sins of my people Israel, praying my life out before my God, interceding for the holy mountain of my God—while I was absorbed in this praying, the humanlike Gabriel, the one I had seen in an earlier vision, approached me, flying in like a bird about the time of evening worship.