Pro 14:3, 16:18, Isa 28:1, Dan 4:37, Jam 4:6 | ESV | STEP | By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back , but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

k 1 Pet. 5:5; Cited from Prov. 3:34 (Gk.)

Proverbs 14:3

3 By the mouth of a fool comes ^aa rod for his back, ^{▼▼Or In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride}
^cbut the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Proverbs 16:18

18 ^dPride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Isaiah 28:1

Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem

1 Ah, the proud crown of ^ethe drunkards of Ephraim,
and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!

Daniel 4:37

37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, ^fpraise and extol and honor the ^gKing of heaven, ^hfor all his works are right and his ways are just; and ⁱthose who walk in pride he is able to humble.

James 4:6

6 But ^jhe gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^k“God opposes the proud but ^lgives grace to the humble.”