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Proverbi 18:12

Listen to Proverbi 18:12
12 Il cuor dell’uomo s’innalza avanti la ruina; Ma l’umiltà va davanti alla gloria.

Proverbi 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.
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Proverbi 18:12 In-Context

10 Il Nome del Signore è una forte torre; Il giusto vi ricorrerà, e sarà in salvo in luogo elevato.
11 I beni del ricco son la sua cittĂ  di fortezza, E come un alto muro alla sua immaginazione.
12 Il cuor dell’uomo s’innalza avanti la ruina; Ma l’umiltà va davanti alla gloria.
13 Chi fa risposta prima che abbia udito, Ciò gli è pazzia e vituperio.
14 Lo spirito dell’uomo sostiene l’infermità di esso; Ma chi solleverà lo spirito afflitto?
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