Proverbs 16:18

Pride leads to ruin, and an arrogant spirit precedes a downfall. It matters because self-exalting pride sets a person on the road to destruction.

Cross-references · 18

• Prov 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
• Isa 2:11–12The 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.
• Prov 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
• Obad 1:3–4The 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?
• Prov 29:23A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
• 1 Tim 3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
• Rom 11:20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
• Prov 17:19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
• Esth 6:6So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
• Dan 4:30–37The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
• Esth 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
• Matt 26:33–35Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
• Dan 5:22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
• Esth 3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
• Isa 37:10–13Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
• Isa 37:38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
• Matt 26:74Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
• Dan 5:24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

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