Proverbs 16:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Young's Literal Translation
Before destruction [is] pride, And before stumbling—a haughty spirit.’

King James Bible
Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Hebrew
Pride
גָּא֑וֹן (gā·’ō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1347: Arrogance, majesty, ornament

goes before
לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

destruction,
שֶׁ֥בֶר (še·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7667: A breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash

and a haughty
גֹּ֣בַהּ (gō·ḇah)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1363: Elation, grandeur, arrogance

spirit
רֽוּחַ׃ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

before
וְלִפְנֵ֥י (wə·lip̄·nê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

a fall.
כִ֝שָּׁל֗וֹן (ḵiš·šā·lō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3783: A tottering, ruin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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