THEOSISProverbs 18:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.
לִפְנֵי־שֶׁ֭בֶר יִגְבַּ֣הּ לֵב־אִ֑ישׁ וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָב֣וֹד עֲנָוֽ͏ָה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 15:33The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom: and humility goeth before glory.
- 1 Pet 5:5In like manner, ye young men, be subject to the ancients. And do you all insinuate humility one to another: for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace.
- Prov 16:18Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.
- Prov 11:2Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.
- Prov 29:23Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the humble of spirit.
- Ezek 28:2Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord God: Because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am God, and I sit in the chair of God in the heart of the sea: whereas thou art a man, and not God: and hast set thy heart as if it were the heart of God.
- Ezek 28:9Wilt thou yet say before them that slay thee: I am God; whereas thou art a man, and not God, in the hand of them that slay thee?
- Luke 14:11Because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.