² When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
    but wisdom is with the humble.^(A)

⁹ Better to be despised and have produce^[a]
    than to be self-important and lack food.

¹⁰ By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,
    but wisdom is with those who take advice.^(A)

²⁵ The Lord tears down the house of the proud
    but maintains the widow’s boundaries.^(A)

³³ The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
    and humility goes before honor.^(A)

⁵ All those who are arrogant are an abomination to the Lord;
    be assured, they will not go unpunished.^(A)

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction
    and a haughty spirit before a fall.^(A)
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor
    than to divide the spoil with the proud.

¹² Before destruction one’s heart is haughty,
    but humility goes before honor.^(A)

⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
    the lamp of the wicked—are sin.^(A)