“ Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. ”
Before - In the sense of priority of time.
Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated f...
is haughty. Illustration: Jezebel ( 2 Kings 9:30-33 ). humility. Compare Proverbs 15:33 . Illustration: contrast Goliath (1Sa 17:8-10, 1 Samuel 17:43 ; 1 Samuel 17:44 ) with 1 Samuel 17:45 ;...
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Before destruction - See on Proverbs 11:2 (note); Proverbs 16:18 (note).
Before destruction, &c.— Before destruction a man is haughty, as before honour he is modest, or humble. Houbigant.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty ( Proverbs 16:18 ) and before honour is humility ( Proverbs 15:3...
1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'Th...
CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is...
Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or...
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. He that answereth a matter before he h...
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty ,.... Lifted up with his riches. Rich men are apt to be highminded, and therefore are to be charged and cautioned against it; they are apt to look abov...
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility. Ver. 12. Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty. ] Creature confidence and high mindedness are the Div...
12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Note, 1. Pride is the presage of ruin, and ruin will at last be the punishment of pride; for befo...
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; pride is a cause and presage of ruin, as is noted, Proverbs 16:18 . Is ; or, goeth . This clause we had Proverbs 15:33 .
The Fool Destroys Others And Is Therefore Himself Destroyed, But The Righteous Are Kept Safe ( Proverbs 18:8-13 ). In this subsection there is an emphasis on the way in which a fool destroys a com...
Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here...
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Honour and humility I. Explain the nature of genuine humility. 1. It does not consist in a mean and servile sta...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and inte...
v. 12. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, pride going before the fall, and before honor is humility, preceding it like a herald showing the way. cf Proverbs 16:18 ; Proverbs 15:33...
1 Peter 5:5 ; Acts 12:21-23 ; Daniel 5:23 ; Daniel 5:24 ; Daniel 9:20 ; Daniel 9:23 ; Ezekiel 16:49 ; Ezekiel 16:50 ; Ezekiel 28:2 ; Ezekiel 28:9 ; Isaiah 6:5-13 ; Job 42:6-17 ; Luke 14:...