18Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.


In Context

15 When a king's face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!

17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; he who guards his way guards his life.

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

19 Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.

20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord .

Proverbs 16:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:18Before destruction is pride, And before stumbling — a haughty spirit.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:18Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.