When pride comes, then comes (A)shame;
But with the humble is wisdom.

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

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(A)Better is the one who is [a]slighted but has a servant,
Than he who honors himself but lacks bread.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:9 lightly esteemed

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

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10 By pride comes nothing but (A)strife,
But with the well-advised is wisdom.

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

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25 (A)The Lord will destroy the house of the proud,
But (B)He will establish the boundary of the widow.

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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 (A)The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom,
And (B)before honor is humility.

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

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(A)Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
Though they join [a]forces, none will go unpunished.

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  1. Proverbs 16:5 Lit. hand to hand

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

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18 Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before [a]a fall.
19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the [b]spoil with the proud.

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  1. Proverbs 16:18 stumbling
  2. Proverbs 16:19 plunder

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 a man is haughty,
And before honor is humility.

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

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(A)A haughty look, a proud heart,
And the [a]plowing of the wicked are sin.

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  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or lamp

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

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24 A proud and haughty man—“Scoffer” is his name;
He acts with arrogant pride.

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

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By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.

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

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Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of the great;
(A)For it is better that he say to you,
“Come up here,”
Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
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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