Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Cross References (18)

  • Proverbs 11:2 (42)

    When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

  • Isaiah 2:11–12 (29)

    The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

  • Proverbs 18:12 (24)

    Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  • Obadiah 1:3–4 (19)

    The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say

  • Proverbs 29:23 (14)

    A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  • 1 Timothy 3:6 (8)

    He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

  • Romans 11:20 (6)

    That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.

  • Proverbs 17:19 (6)

    He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

  • Esther 6:6 (4)

    Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman

  • Daniel 4:30–37 (3)

    the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my po

  • Matthew 26:33–35 (2)

    Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”

  • Esther 7:10 (1)

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

  • Isaiah 37:38 (0)

    One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the swor

  • Esther 3:5 (0)

    When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.

  • Daniel 5:22 (0)

    But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.

  • Isaiah 37:10–13 (0)

    “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusa

  • Matthew 26:74 (-2)

    At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

  • Daniel 5:24 (-2)

    Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.