PROVERBS 18:12

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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Proverbs 18:12 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Hebrew Meaning/ Definition
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Before לִפְנֵי 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.) Before
destruction שֶׁ֭בֶר A fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream) destruction
the heart לֵב The heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything heart
of man אִ֑ישׁ A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) man
is haughty, יִגְבַּ֣הּ To soar, i.e., be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty haughty
and before וְלִפְנֵ֖י 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.) before
honour כָב֣וֹד Properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness honour
is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
humility. עֲנָוָֽה׃ Condescension, human and subjective (modesty), or divine and objective (clemency) humility

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  • 10  The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

  • 11  The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

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

  • 13  He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

  • 14  The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?




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