Proverbs 16:18-20

Contemporary English Version

¹⁸ Too much pride
    will destroy you.
¹⁹ You are better off
    to be humble and poor
than to get rich
    from what you take by force.
²⁰ If you know what you're doing,^[a]
    you will prosper.
God blesses everyone
    who trusts him.