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


In Context

9 He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.

10 A tower of strength is the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

11 The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

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

13 Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

14 The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:12Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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