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Proverbs 16:18
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The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
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Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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Verse Text
PrideH1347 goeth beforeH6440 destructionH7667, and an haughtyH1363 spiritH7307 beforeH6440 a fallH3783.
לִפְנֵי־שֶׁבֶר גָּאֹון וְלִפְנֵי כִשָּׁלֹון גֹּבַהּ רוּחַ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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לִ/פְנֵי |
li/f.nei- | H6440 | HR/Ncbpc | (is) (to)/ before |
שֶׁ֥בֶר |
She.ver | H7667 | HNcmsa | breaking |
גָּא֑וֹן |
ga.'on | H1347 | HNcmsa | pride |
וְ/לִ/פְנֵ֥י |
ve./li/f.Nei | H6440 | HC/R/Ncbpc | and/ (is) (to)/ before |
כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן |
khi.sha.Lon | H3783 | HNcmsa | stumbling |
גֹּ֣בַהּ |
Goah | H1363 | HNcmsc | haughtiness of |
רֽוּחַ |
Ru.ach | H7307 | HNcbsa | spirit |
- H1347 — גָּאוֹן (gâʼôwn, gaw-ohn'): from גָּאָה; the same as גַּאֲוָהxlit gaʻăvâh corrected to gaʼăvâh; {arrogance or majesty; by implication, (concretely) ornament}; arrogancy, excellency(-lent), majesty, pomp, pride, proud, swelling.
- H1363 — גֹּבַהּ (gôbahh, go'-bah): from גָּבַהּ; elation, grandeur, arrogance; excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride.
- H3783 — כִּשָּׁלוֹן (kishshâlôwn, kish-shaw-lone'): from כָּשַׁל; properly, a tottering, i.e. ruin; fall.
- H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
- H7307 — רוּחַ (rûwach, roo'-akh): from רוּחַ; wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions); air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
- H7667 — שֶׁבֶר (sheber, sheh'-ber): or שֵׁבֶר; from שָׁבַר; a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream); affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
Reciprocal references (43): Genesis 43:2, Numbers 16:27, Judges 11:28, 1 Samuel 17:10, 2 Samuel 15:1, 2 Samuel 17:23, 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 12:14, 2 Kings 14:10, 2 Kings 14:13, 2 Chronicles 25:19, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Chronicles 26:16, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Proverbs 21:24, Isaiah 3:16, Isaiah 9:9, Isaiah 36:4, Jeremiah 13:9, Jeremiah 43:2, Jeremiah 48:42, Jeremiah 49:16, Jeremiah 50:32, Ezekiel 7:10, Ezekiel 16:49, Ezekiel 16:50, Ezekiel 17:6, Ezekiel 28:2, Ezekiel 28:17, Ezekiel 29:9, Ezekiel 31:10, Daniel 5:20, Daniel 11:12, Matthew 20:22, Matthew 23:12, Mark 14:31, Luke 11:43, Luke 14:9, Luke 18:14, John 13:38, Romans 11:18, Romans 12:3, 1 Corinthians 10:12
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: HUMILITY-PRIDE
- Torrey’s: BACKSLIDING
- Nave’s: PRIDE
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