Zhēnyán 18:12

12 Baìhuaì zhī xiān , rén xīn jiāoào . zūnróng yǐqián , bì yǒu qiābēi .

Zhēnyán 18:12 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 18:12

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 F21 signifies, or when they are ready to break; however, their haughty spirits are, sooner or later, humbled by one distressing providence or another; see ( Proverbs 16:18 ) ; and before honour [is] humility; (See Gill on Proverbs 15:33).


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (rbv ynpl) "ante confractionem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schultens.

Zhēnyán 18:12 In-Context

10 Yēhéhuá de míng , shì jiāngù tái . yì rén bēn rù , biàn dé ānwĕn .
11 Fùzú rén de cáiwù , shì tāde jiān chéng , zaì tā xīn xiǎng , yóu rú gāo qiáng .
12 Baìhuaì zhī xiān , rén xīn jiāoào . zūnróng yǐqián , bì yǒu qiābēi .
13 Wèicéng tīng wán xiān huídá de , biàn/pián shì tāde yúmeì , hé xiūrǔ .
14 Rén yǒu jíbìng , xīn néng rĕnnaì . xīnlíng yōushāng , shuí néng chéngdāng ne .
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