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Proverbs 18:12 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 18 · verse 12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.Proverbs 18:12 · King James Version
Proverbs 18:12 in context
10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
13He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
14The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
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Key words (Strong's)
- destructionshebera fracture, figuratively, ruinH7667 →
- haughtygâbahhto soarH1361 →
- Beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- honourkâbôwdproperly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
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Note, 1. Pride is the presage of ruin, and ruin will at last be the punishment of pride; for before destruction men are commonly so infatuated by the just judgment of God that they are more haughty than ever, that their ruin may be the sorer and the more surprising.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary