How does Jeremiah 13:13 connect to Proverbs 16:18 on pride?

Pride’s Warning in Jeremiah 13

“Then you are to say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: “I will fill all who live in this land—kings who sit on David’s throne, priests, prophets, and all the residents of Jerusalem—with drunkenness.” ’ ” (Jeremiah 13:13)

• God pictures Judah’s pride as drink that intoxicates its leaders and citizens.

• Their self-confidence blinds them, leaving them staggering toward judgment (Jeremiah 13:9, 15-17).

• The “drunkenness” is moral and spiritual confusion—an inability to walk uprightly because pride has dulled their senses (cf. Isaiah 28:1-3).

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Destruction Predicted in Proverbs 16

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18)

• Pride is shown as the last step before a collapse.

• The verse sets an unbreakable moral law: self-exaltation invites God’s opposition (James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5).

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How the Two Passages Connect

• Same Cause

– Pride in Judah’s heart (Jeremiah 13:9) mirrors the “haughty spirit” of Proverbs 16:18.

• Same Effect

– “Drunkenness” leads to captivity and ruin (Jeremiah 13:17-19), exactly the “destruction” Solomon describes.

• Same Principle

– God resists the proud, whether a nation (Judah) or an individual (Proverbs).

• Same Certainty

– Just as wine inevitably intoxicates, pride inevitably precedes a fall.

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Living the Lesson

• Recognize pride early; it clouds judgment long before visible collapse appears.

• Stay teachable: “Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness” (Jeremiah 13:16).

• Walk humbly: “Better to be humble with the lowly than to share plunder with the proud” (Proverbs 16:19).