16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!
17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Read all of Colossians 3 NIVJesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Read all of Matthew 19 NIVFor I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 2 NIVThe LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.
Read all of Psalm 145 NIV"How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you."
Read all of 2 Samuel 7 NIVI went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest -- and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
Read all of Proverbs 24 NIVWe know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
Read all of 1 John 4 NIV
Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on Proverbs 16:18
(Read Proverbs 16:18)
When men defy God's judgments, and think themselves far from them, it is a sign they are at the door. Let us not fear the pride of others, but fear pride in ourselves.