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When (A)arrogance comes, then comes disgrace,
But with the meek is wisdom.

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When pride comes, then comes disgrace,(A)
    but with humility comes wisdom.(B)

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Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant
Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

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Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
    than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

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10 With arrogance [a]comes only quarreling,
But with those who receive counsel is wisdom.

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  1. Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives

10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)

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25 Yahweh will (A)tear down the house of the proud,
But He will (B)cause the boundary of the (C)widow to stand.

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25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud,(A)
    but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.(B)

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33 The [a]fear of Yahweh is the discipline [b]leading to wisdom,
And before glory comes humility.

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  1. Proverbs 15:33 Or reverence
  2. Proverbs 15:33 Lit of

33 Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord,(A)
    and humility comes before honor.(B)

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Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh;
Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.

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The Lord detests all the proud of heart.(A)
    Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.(B)

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18 (A)Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
19 It is better to be (B)humble in spirit with the lowly
Than to (C)divide the spoil with the proud.

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

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

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12 (A)Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
But (B)humility goes before glory.

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12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
    but humility comes before honor.(A)

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Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
The (A)fallow ground of the wicked—are sin.

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Haughty eyes(A) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

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24 “Arrogant,” “Haughty,” “(A)Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with (B)arrogant fury.

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24 The proud and arrogant person(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
    behaves with insolent fury.

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The reward of humility—the [a]fear of Yahweh—
Is riches, glory, and life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:4 Or reverence

Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

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Do not promote your majesty in the presence of the king,
And in the place of great men do not stand;
For (A)it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of a noble,
Whom your eyes have seen.

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Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
    and do not claim a place among his great men;
it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes

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27 To eat too much honey is not good,
Nor is it glory to (A)search out [a]one’s own glory.

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  1. Proverbs 25:27 Lit their

27 It is not good to eat too much honey,(A)
    nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.(B)

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