The Downfall of Pride
W. Cobbin. Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. A kite having risen to a very great height, moved in the air as stately as a prince, and looked down with much contempt on all below. "What a superior being I am now!" said the kite; "who has ever ascended so high as I have? What a poor grovelling set of beings are all those beneath me! I despise them." And then he shook his head in derision, and then he wagged his tail; and again he steered along with so much state as if the air were all his own, and as if everything must make way before him; when suddenly the string broke, and down fell the kite with greater haste than he ascended, and was greatly hurt in the fall. Pride often meets with downfall. (W. Cobbin.) Parallel Verses KJV: Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. WEB: Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.