Proverbs 16:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:2 : 2 After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.
  • Isa 2:11-12 : 11 Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. 12 Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;
  • Obad 1:3-4 : 3 Your presumptuous heart has deceived you– you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself,‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’ 4 Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the LORD.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.
  • Isa 37:10-13 : 10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this:‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says,“Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” 11 Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued? 12 Were the nations whom my predecessors destroyed– the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar– rescued by their gods? 13 Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
  • Prov 17:19 : 19 The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.
  • Dan 4:30-37 : 30 The king uttered these words:“Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?” 31 While these words were still on the king’s lips, a voice came down from heaven:“It is hereby announced to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you! 32 You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes.” 33 Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle’s feathers, and his nails like a bird’s claws. 34 But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next. 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him,‘What have you done?’ 36 At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated over my kingdom. I became even greater than before. 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
  • Dan 5:22 : 22 “But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear!
  • 1 Tim 3:6 : 6 He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.
  • Esth 3:5 : 5 When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage.
  • Esth 6:6 : 6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him,“What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself,“Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?”
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.
  • Isa 37:38 : 38 One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 18:11-12
    2 verses
    86%

    11The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination.

    12Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  • Prov 16:19
    84%

    19It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

  • Prov 29:23
    81%

    23A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

  • Prov 11:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.

    3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • Prov 16:17
    77%

    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Prov 13:10
    76%

    10With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

  • Prov 15:33
    75%

    33The fear of the LORD provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

  • Prov 16:5
    74%

    5The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 14:15-18
    4 verses
    74%

    15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

    18The naive have inherited folly, but the shrewd will be crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 14:3
    73%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Isa 5:15
    73%

    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • Hos 5:5
    73%

    5The arrogance of Israel testifies against it; Israel and Ephraim will be overthrown because of their iniquity. Even Judah will be brought down with them.

  • Isa 2:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

    12Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;

  • Prov 21:4
    72%

    4Haughty eyes and a proud heart– what the wicked cultivate is sin.

  • Obad 1:3
    72%

    3Your presumptuous heart has deceived you– you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself,‘No one can bring me down to the ground!’

  • Prov 14:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

    29Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 8:13
    72%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

  • Prov 21:24
    72%

    24A proud and arrogant person, whose name is“Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

  • Prov 29:1
    72%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

  • Matt 23:12
    72%

    12And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

  • Prov 18:3
    71%

    3When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.

  • Prov 10:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 14:12
    71%

    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Prov 21:22
    71%

    22A wise man went up against the city of the mighty and brought down the stronghold in which they trust.

  • Prov 28:25
    71%

    25The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • Jer 13:15
    71%

    15Then I said to the people of Judah,“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the LORD has spoken.

  • Jer 50:32
    71%

    32You will stumble and fall, you proud city; no one will help you get up. I will set fire to your towns; it will burn up everything that surrounds you.”

  • Prov 22:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4The reward for humility and fearing the LORD is riches and honor and life.

    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Prov 28:18
    71%

    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • Prov 16:25
    71%

    25There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Jer 13:9
    71%

    9“I, the LORD, say:‘This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride.

  • Prov 17:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Ps 73:6
    71%

    6Arrogance is their necklace, and violence covers them like clothing.

  • Prov 15:24
    71%

    24The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Isa 28:3
    71%

    3The splendid crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot.

  • Jer 48:29
    71%

    29I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves.