17 正直人的大道远离罪恶,
    坚守正道的保全性命。
18 骄横是沦亡的前奏,
    狂傲是败落的预兆。
19 宁可谦卑地与贫寒人相处,
    也不跟狂傲人共享战利品。

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17 The highway of the upright avoids evil;
    those who guard their ways preserve their lives.(A)

18 Pride(B) goes before destruction,
    a haughty spirit(C) before a fall.(D)

19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
    than to share plunder with the proud.

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