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Beforeלִפְנֵיa breakingשֶׁבֶרcomes pride,גָּאוֹןand beforeוְלִפְנֵיa fall,כִשָּׁלוֹןhaughtinessגֹּבַהּof spirit.רוּחַ
Proverbs 16:18
Study it in the app“Before a breaking comes pride, and before a fall, haughtiness of spirit.”
Pride goes before destructionHumility and Service
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 16:18, word by word
- Beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- a breakingשֶׁבֶרshever
ruin
The downfall of a people or someone.
Where else “shever” appears- comes prideגָּאוֹןgaon
pride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “gaon” appears- a fallכִשָּׁלוֹןchishalon
stumbling, downfall
A fall, a stumbling that leads to ruin.
Where else “chishalon” appears- haughtinessגֹּבַהּgovah
pride
Greatness, or pride.
Where else “govah” appears- of spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears
The context
17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; whoever watches his way guards his soul.
18 · This verse (above)
19Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble than to divide plunder with the proud.