“ Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. ”
Proverbs 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms ( Proverbs 16:10-15 ) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular...
Pride goeth, &c. Illustrations: Asahel ( 2 Samuel 2:18-23 ); Ben-hadad ( 1 Kings 20:3 ; 1 Kings 20:11 ; 1 Kings 20:32 ); Babylon ( Isaiah 47:10 ; Isaiah 47:11 ); Azariah ( Jeremiah 43:2-11 )...
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Pride goeth before destruction - Here pride is personified: it walks along, and has destruction in its train. And a haughty spi...
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Pride goeth before destruction. In Proverbs 11:2 it is "When pride cometh, then cometh shame." And an haughty spirit...
1-9. God's control of human life.
Pride goeth before destruction. — In contrast to the blessing promised to humility in Proverbs 15:33 .
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight...
Verse Proverbs 16:1 . A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr....
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth tran...
Pride [goeth] before destruction ,.... As it did in the angels that sinned, who, through pride, fell into condemnation, not being able to bear the thought that the human nature, in the person of the...
Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Ver. 18. Pride goeth before destruction. ] A bulging wall is near a downfall. Swelling is a dangerous symptom in the body; so...
How much better is it It is inexpressibly and inconceivably better to get wisdom than gold Because it brings a man more certain, and complete, and lasting comfort and advantage. The way of the u...
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Note, 1. Pride will have a fall. Those that are of a haughty spirit, that think of themselves above what i...
Pride goeth before destruction; it is commonly a forerunner and cause of men's ruin, because it highly provokes both God and men.
Wisdom Is To Be Sought And Pride Must Be Avoided By The One Who Would Walk In The Right Way With Trust In YHWH ( Proverbs 16:16-21 ). In this subsection the envelopes of wisdom ( Proverbs 16:16 )...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 16:18 . “The Hebrews observe that this verse stands exactly in the centre of the whole book” (Fausset). Proverbs 16:19 . Lowly, or the “ afflicted ” MAIN HOMILET...
Proverbs 16:18 There is a tendency in knowledge to produce humility: so that the more a man knows the more likely he is to think little of himself. I. Pride proves deficiency of knowledge first,...
Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt dispose...
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Shame and contempt the end of pride I. Show what pride and haughtiness mean. Pride is thinking of ourselves more highly than...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 16:1-20 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Proverbs 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without...
v. 18. Pride goeth before destruction, for self-exaltation blinds a person against dangers and against the growing resentment of other people and thus hastens his fall, and an haughty spirit befor...
1 Timothy 3:6 ; Daniel 4:30-37 ; Daniel 5:22 ; Daniel 5:24 ; Esther 3:5 ; Esther 6:6 ; Esther 7:10 ; Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 2:12 ; Isaiah 37:10-13 ; Isaiah 37:38 ; Matthew 26:33-35 ; Matth...