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Proverbs 11:2
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Proverbs 11:2
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2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but wisdom is with the humble.(A)
Proverbs 11:2
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Proverbs 11:2
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2 When pride comes, so does shame,
but wisdom brings humility.
Proverbs 11:2
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Proverbs 11:2
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Proverbs 11:2
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Proverbs 11:2
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2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
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Proverbs 12:9
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Proverbs 12:9
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9 Better to be despised and have produce[a]
than to be self-important and lack food.
Footnotes
- 12.9 Cn: Heb servant
Proverbs 12:9
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Proverbs 12:9
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9 Better to be held in low regard and have a servant
than to be conceited and lack food.
Proverbs 12:9
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Proverbs 12:9
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9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
Proverbs 12:9
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Proverbs 12:9
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9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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Proverbs 13:10
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Proverbs 13:10
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10 By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,
but wisdom is with those who take advice.(A)
Proverbs 13:10
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Proverbs 13:10
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10 The empty-headed cause conflict out of pride;
those who take advice are wise.
Proverbs 13:10
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Proverbs 13:10
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10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)
Proverbs 13:10
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Proverbs 13:10
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10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
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Proverbs 15:25
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Proverbs 15:25
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25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud
but maintains the widow’s boundaries.(A)
Proverbs 15:25
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Proverbs 15:25
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25 The Lord snatches away the arrogant one’s house,
but he preserves the widow’s boundaries.
Proverbs 15:25
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Proverbs 15:25
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Proverbs 15:25
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Proverbs 15:25
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25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
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Proverbs 15:33
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Proverbs 15:33
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33 The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
and humility goes before honor.(A)
Proverbs 15:33
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Proverbs 15:33
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33 The fear of the Lord is wise instruction,
and humility comes before respect.
Proverbs 15:33
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Proverbs 15:33
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33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
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Proverbs 16:5
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Proverbs 16:5
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5 All those who are arrogant are an abomination to the Lord;
be assured, they will not go unpunished.(A)
Proverbs 16:5
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Proverbs 16:5
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5 The Lord detests all who are arrogant;
they surely won’t go unpunished.
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Proverbs 16:5
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Proverbs 16:5
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Proverbs 16:5
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5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
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Proverbs 16:18-19
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Proverbs 16:18-19
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18 Pride goes before destruction
and a haughty spirit before a fall.(A)
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor
than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 16:18-19
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Proverbs 16:18-19
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18 Pride comes before disaster,
and arrogance before a fall.
19 Better to be humble with the needy
than to divide plunder with the proud.
Proverbs 16:18-19
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Proverbs 16:18-19
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19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
than to share plunder with the proud.
Proverbs 16:18-19
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Proverbs 16:18-19
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18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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