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Pride comes, then disgrace comes,
    but wisdom is with the humble.

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It is better to be lowly and a servant to someone[a]
    than self-glorifying and lacking food.

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  1. Proverbs 12:9 Literally “for him,” “belonging to him”

10 Only by insolence is strife set up,
    and wisdom is with those who take advice.

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25 The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear it down,
    but he will maintain the property line[a] of the widow.

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  1. Proverbs 15:25 Literally “boundary”

33 Fear of Yahweh is the instruction of the wise,
    and before honor comes humility.

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An abomination of Yahweh are all who are arrogant of heart;[a]
    rest assured,[b] he will not go unpunished.

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  1. Proverbs 16:5 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 16:5 Literally “hand to hand”

18 Before destruction comes pride,
    and before a fall, a haughty spirit.[a]
19 Better a lowly spirit with the poor
    than dividing the spoil with the proud.

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  1. Proverbs 16:18 Hebrew “a haughty of spirit”

12 In the presence of destruction, the heart[a] of a man will be haughty,
    but in the presence of honor, humble.

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  1. Proverbs 18:12 Or “mind”

Haughtiness of the eyes and pride of heart,
    the lamp of the wicked are sin.

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24 The proud, haughty one: “scoffer” is his name;
    he acts with arrogance of pride.

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The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh—
    wealth and honor and life.

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Do not promote yourself before the king,
    and in the place of the great ones do not stand.
For it is better that he say to you, “Ascend here,”
    than he humble you before a noble.
What your eyes have seen,

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