Proverbs 18:12

Pride goes before destruction, but humility comes before honor. The proud heart heads toward ruin while the humble are exalted.

Cross-references · 15

• Prov 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
• 1 Pet 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Prov 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Ezek 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
• Prov 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
• Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Prov 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
• Ezek 28:9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
• Acts 12:21–23On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
• Dan 9:20While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
• Dan 9:23At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
• Job 42:6–17Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
• Ezek 16:49–50Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
• Isa 6:5–13Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
• Dan 5:23–24Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.

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