Proverbs 16:18
16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- KJV
- Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- WEB
- Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
- ASV
- Pride [goeth] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
- DARBY
- Pride [goeth] before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- BLB
- Before the face of breaking [is] pride, and before a fall [is] a haughty spirit.
- ÅB
- Forut for undergang går overmot, og forut for fall stolt mot.
- OTB
- Stolthet går forut for ødeleggelse, og en hovmodig ånd før et fall.
- B1930
- Forut for undergang går overmot, og forut for fall stolt mot.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 11:2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Read in contextIsaiah 2:11–12
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Read in contextProverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Read in contextObadiah 1:3–4
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Read in contextProverbs 29:23
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Read in context1 Timothy 3:6
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Read in contextProverbs 17:19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Read in contextRomans 11:20
Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
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