(18) Pride goeth before destruction.--In contrast to the blessing promised to humility in Proverbs 15:33. Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Pride goeth before destruction. A maxim continually enforced (see Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 17:19; Proverbs 18:12). Here is the contrast to the blessing on...
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil