John Trapp on Proverbs 18:12

Verſ. 12. Before deſtruction the heart of a man is haughty] Creature-confidence and high-mindedneſſe, are the Dives his diſeaſes, and go therefore yoaked together, as here, ſo 1 Tim. 6.17. Charge the rich that they bee not high-minded, nor truſt to uncertain riches. Magna cognatio ut rei ſic nominis, divitiis & vitiis, Wealth and Wickedneſſe are of near alliance, and are not farre from deſtruction, or breaking to ſhivers, as the word ſignifies. So bladder-like is the ſoul, that filled with earthly vanities, though but wind, it grows great, and ſwells in pride; but prickt with the leaſt pin of divine Juſtice, it ſhrinks and ſhrivels to nothing. See more in the Notes on Chap. 16.18. and 15.33. and 12.2.