18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. …
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? …
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 18)Note, 1. Pride will have a fall. Those that are of a haughty spirit , that think of themselves above what is meet, and look with contempt upon others, that with their pride affront God and disquiet others, will be brought down, either by repentance or by ruin. It is the honour of God to humble the proud, Job 40:11 , 12 . It is the act of justice that those who have lifted up themselves should be l…
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