25 The Lord destroys the house of the proud,
but He protects the widow’s territory.(A)

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25 The house of the proud the Lord will demolish,
    but he will protect the widow’s boundary line.

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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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Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord;(A)
be assured,[a] he will not go unpunished.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:5 Lit hand to hand

The Lord detests those who are proud;
    truly they will not go 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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19 Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble[a](A)
than to divide plunder with the proud.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:19 Alt Hb tradition reads afflicted

19 Better to be humble among the poor,
    than to share what is stolen with the proud.

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

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24 The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive pride.(A)

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24 The names “Proud,” “Arrogant,” and “Mocker”
    fit whoever acts with presumptuous conceit.

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

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