12Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.


In Context

9 One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it an unscalable wall.

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

13 He who answers before listening- that is his folly and his shame.

14 A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 18:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:12Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor goeth humility.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour goeth humility.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour goeth humility.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour is humility.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.