Verse of the Day

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Proverbs 18:12 NIV

Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

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Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

English Standard Version

Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

The Message

Pride first, then the crash, but humility is precursor to honor.

New King James Version

Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before honor is humility.

New Living Translation

Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor.

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on Proverbs 18:12

(Read Proverbs 18:12)

After the heart has been lifted up with pride, a fall comes. But honour shall be the reward of humility.


Proverbs 18:12 In-Context

10 The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.

13 To answer before listening- that is folly and shame.

14 The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?


This Week's Daily Bible Verses

Tuesday, August 27

Matthew 24:42-44

"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

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Monday, August 26

Joshua 24:15

"But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."

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Sunday, August 25

Matthew 22:37

Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."

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Saturday, August 24

Psalm 119:111

Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

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Friday, August 23

Romans 6:21

What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!

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Thursday, August 22

2 Samuel 7:22

"How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you."

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Wednesday, August 21

Psalm 42:1

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.

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