Proverbs 18:12 meaning and explanation
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 18:12, Berean Standard Bible
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This couplet from Proverbs names a pattern the sages saw in ordinary life. Pride lifts a person in his own eyes, and that inflated estimate of himself is the very ground from which a fall comes.
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