Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction, &c.— Before destruction a man is haughty, as before honour he is modest, or humble. Houbigant.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before - In the sense of priority of time.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 liabl...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

is haughty. Illustration: Jezebel ( 2 Kings 9:30-33 ). humility. Compare Proverbs 15:33 . Illustration: contrast Goliath (1Sa 17:8-10, 1 Samue...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Before destruction - See on Proverbs 11:2 (note); Proverbs 16:18...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty ( Proverbs 16:1...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and oppo...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Pro...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 i...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility. Ver. 12. Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty. ] Cr...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Note, 1. Pride is the presage of ruin, and ruin...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 clau...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but t...
The Biblical Illustrator

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. Honour and humility I. Explain the nature of genuine humility....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 show...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Ezekie...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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