Proverbs 17:19
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
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- Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
- 1 Samuel 25:36–38 Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light. In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.