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 comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
• Isa 2:11–12The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
• Prov 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
• Obad 1:3–4The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
• Prov 29:23A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
• 1 Tim 3:6not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
• Rom 11:20True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;
• Prov 17:19He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
• Esth 6:6So Haman came in. The king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman said in his heart, “Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?”
• Dan 4:30–37The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory 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 26:33–35But Peter answered him, “Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble.”
• Dan 5:22You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
• Esth 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
• Isa 37:10–13“Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
• Isa 37:38As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
• Matt 26:74Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.
• Dan 5:24Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.

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