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Proverbs 18:12

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Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

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  1. Proverbs 18:10

    The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

  2. Proverbs 18:11

    The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

  3. Proverbs 18:13

    He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

  4. Proverbs 18:14

    The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.