“Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.”
— WEB
Proverbs 18:12
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.”
— KJV
“Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; And before honor [goeth] humility.”
— ASV
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Commentary
Note, 1. Pride is the presage of ruin, and ruin will at last be the punishment of pride; for before destruction men are commonly so infatuated by the just judgment of God that they are more haughty than ever, that their ruin may be the sorer and the more surprising. Of, if that do not always hold, yet after the heart has been lifted up with pride, a fall comes, Pro 16:18. 2. Humility is the presage of honour and prepares men for it, and honour shall at length be the reward of humility, as he had said before, Pro 15:33. That has need to be often said which men are so loth to believe.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary (public domain)
(Compare Pro 15:33; Pro 16:18).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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