10 The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
13 To answer before listening- that is folly and shame.
14 The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."
Read all of Matthew 24 NIV"But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."
Read all of Joshua 24 NIVJesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind."
Read all of Matthew 22 NIVYour statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.
Read all of Psalm 119 NIVWhat benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!
Read all of Romans 6 NIV"How great you are, O Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you."
Read all of 2 Samuel 7 NIVAs the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
Read all of Psalm 42 NIV
Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on Proverbs 18:12
(Read Proverbs 18:12)
After the heart has been lifted up with pride, a fall comes. But honour shall be the reward of humility.