Proverbs 18:12 · KJV
“Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour {is} humility.”
— Proverbs 18:12
The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
He that answereth a matter before he heareth {it}, it {is} folly and shame unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}
Proverbs 18 — Context
The name of the LORD {is} a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. {safe: Heb. set aloft}
11The rich man's wealth {is} his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour {is} humility.
13He that answereth a matter before he heareth {it}, it {is} folly and shame unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}
14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Cross References
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the LORD {is} the instruction of wisdom; and before honour {is} humility.
1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all {of you} be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride {goeth} before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 11:2
{When} pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly {is} wisdom.
Ezekiel 28:2
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart {is} lifted up, and thou hast said, I {am} a God, I sit {in} the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou {art} a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: {midst: Heb. heart}
Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Luke 14:11
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Ezekiel 28:9
Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I {am} God? but thou {shalt be} a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. {of him that slayeth: or, of him that woundeth}