Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
KJV
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
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Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,.... Lifted up with his riches. Rich men are apt to be highminded, and therefore are to be charged and cautioned against it; they are apt to look above their poor neighbours, and with contempt upon them; and very often this haughtiness of theirs is a presage of their ruin and destruction: and those haughty airs are put on from the pride of their hearts, when a "breach" is near, as the word (u) signifies, or when they are ready to break; however, their haughty spirits are, sooner or later, humbled by one distressing providence or another; see
Pro 16:18
;
and before honour is humility; See Gill on
Pro 15:33
.
(u) "ante confractionem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schultens.
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