Proverbs 16:18 Cross References - LXX2012

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.

⁵ And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,

⁶ And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honor? And Aman said within himself, Whom would the king honor but myself?

¹⁰ So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.

² Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.

¹⁹ A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;

¹² Before ruin a man's heart is exalted, and before honor it is humble.

²³ Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honor.

¹¹ For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹² For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;

¹⁰ Thus shall you⌃ say to Ezekias king of Judea, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians. ¹¹ Hast you not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyed the whole earth? and shall you be delivered? ¹² Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them, both Gozan, and Charrhan, and Rapheth, which are in the land of Theemath? ¹³ Where are the kings of Emath? and where [is the king of] Arphath? and where [is the king] of the city of Eppharuaim, [and of] Anagugana?

³⁸ And while he was worshipping Nasarach his country's god in the house, Adramelech and Sarasar his sons struck him with swords; and they escaped into Armenia: and Asordan his son reigned in his stead.

³⁰ In the same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor: and he was driven forth from men, and he ate grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hairs were grown like lions' [hairs], and his nails as birds' [claws]. ³¹ And at the end of the time I Nabuchodonosor lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives for ever, and gave [him] glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [lasts] to all generations: ³² and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What has you done? ³³ At the same time my reason returned to me, and I came to the honor of my kingdom; and my [natural] form returned to me, and my princes, and my nobles, sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and more abundant majesty was added to me. ³⁴ Now therefore I Nabuchodonosor praise and greatly exalt and glorify the King of heaven; for all his works are true, and his paths are judgment: and all that walk in pride he is able to abase.

²² And you accordingly, his son, O Baltasar, has not humbled your heart before God: know you not all this?

²⁴ Therefore from his presence has been sent forth the knuckle of a hand; and he has ordered the writing.

³ Behold, I have made you small among the Gentiles: you are greatly dishonored. The pride of your heart has elated you, dwelling [as you do] in the holes of the rocks, [as one that] exalts his habitation, saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to the ground? ⁴ If you should mount up as the eagle, and if you should make your nest among the stars, thence will I bring you down, says the Lord.