Proverbes 18:12

12 Avant la ruine, le coeur de l'homme s'élève; Mais l'humilité précède la gloire.

Proverbes 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).

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Proverbes 18:12 In-Context

10 Le nom de l'Eternel est une tour forte; Le juste s'y réfugie, et se trouve en sûreté.

11 La fortune est pour le riche une ville forte; Dans son imagination, c'est une haute muraille.

12 Avant la ruine, le coeur de l'homme s'élève; Mais l'humilité précède la gloire.

13 Celui qui répond avant d'avoir écouté Fait un acte de folie et s'attire la confusion.

14 L'esprit de l'homme le soutient dans la maladie; Mais l'esprit abattu, qui le relèvera?