Proverbs 18:12
Ver. 12. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,.... Lifted up with his riches. Rich men are apt to be highminded, and therefore are to be charged and cautioned against it; they are apt to look above their poor neighbours, and with contempt upon them; and very often this haughtiness of theirs is a presage of their ruin and destruction: and those haughty airs are put on from the pride of their hearts, when a "breach" is near, as the word {u} signifies, or when they are ready to break; however, their haughty spirits are, sooner or later, humbled by one distressing providence or another; see Pr 16:18;
and before honour [is] humility; See Gill on "Pr 15:33".
{u} rbv ynpl "ante confractionem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schultens.