Proverbs 16:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ If a person is proud, then he is in danger of destruction. If a person thinks he is better than other people, then he is in danger of defeat.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Pride comes before disaster, and arrogance before a fall.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18 Tagairtí Cros

Esther 3:5

When Haman saw that Mordecai refused to bow down to him or give him honor, he was very angry.

Esther 6:6

When Haman came in, the king asked him a question. He said, “Haman, what should be done for a man the king wants to honor?”

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the hanging post he had built for Mordecai. Then the king stopped being angry.

Proverbs 11:2

People that are proud and boast will become unimportant. But people who are humble will also become wise.

Proverbs 17:19

A troublemaker loves to start arguments. A person that likes to brag is setting himself up for a fall. Both of them will end up in trouble. {\cf2\super [23]}

Proverbs 18:12

A proud person will soon be ruined. But an humble person will be honored.

Proverbs 29:23

If a person thinks he is better than other people, then that will destroy him. But if a person is humble, then other people will respect him.

Proverbs 8:13

If a person respects the Lord,\par then that person will hate evil.\par I (Wisdom) hate pride\par and people who think they are better\par than other people.\par I hate evil ways, and a lying mouth.\par

Isaiah 37:38

One day, Sennacherib was in the temple of his god, Nisroch, worshiping him. At that time his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with a sword. Then the sons ran away to Ararat. {\cf2\super [359]} So Sennacherib’s son Esarhaddon became the new king of Assyria.

Jeremiah 49:16

Edom, you scared other nations.\par So you thought you were important.\par But your pride has fooled you.\par You live in those caves, high on the cliff.\par Your home is high in the hills.\par But even if you build your home\par as high as an eagle’s nest,\par I will bring you down from there.”\par The Lord said these things.\par

Jeremiah 50:32

Proud Babylon will stumble and fall.\par And no person will help her get up.\par I will start a fire in her towns.\par That fire will completely burn\par everyone around her.”\par

Ezekiel 28:17

Your beauty made you proud.\par Your glory ruined your wisdom.\par So I threw you down to the ground.\par And now other kings stare at you.\par

Ezekiel 29:9

Egypt will be empty and destroyed.\par Then they will know that I am the Lord.”\par

Daniel 11:12

The northern army will be defeated, and those soldiers will be carried away. The southern king will be very proud, and he will kill thousands of soldiers from the northern army. But he will not continue to be successful.

Daniel 5:22

“But Belshazzar, you already knew these things! You are Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson. {\cf2\super [60]} But still you have not made yourself humble.

Daniel 5:24

So, because of that, God sent the hand that wrote on the wall.

Matthew 26:74

Then Peter began to curse. He said strongly, “I promise to God that I don’t know this man Jesus!” After Peter said this, a rooster crowed.

Luke 14:9

And if you are sitting in the most important seat, then the person that invited you will come to you and say, ‘Give this man your seat!’ Then you will begin to move down to the last place. And you will be very embarrassed.

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. Don’t be proud, but be afraid.

1 Timothy 3:6

But an elder must not be a new believer. It might make a new believer be too proud of himself \{if he were made an elder\}. Then he would be judged (condemned) for his pride the same as the devil was.

Judges 11:28

The king of the Ammonite people refused to listen to this message from Jephthah.

1 Samuel 17:42

Goliath looked at David {and laughed}. Goliath saw that David was only a handsome, red-faced [158] boy [159]