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Proverbs 16:18

Proverbs 16:18
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Pride goeth before destruction,.... As it did in the angels that sinned, who, through pride, fell into condemnation, not being able to bear the thought that the human nature, in the person of the Son…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Note, 1. Pride will have a fall. Those that are of a haughty spirit, that think of themselves above what is meet, and look with contempt upon others, that with their pride affront God and disquiet…