9 Better to be despised and have produce[a] than to be self-important and lack food.
11 For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”(A)
7 Some pretend to be rich yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor yet have great wealth.(A)
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