Proverbs 11:2
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2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace;
but with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 12:9
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9 Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself
than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.
Proverbs 13:10
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10 By insolence the heedless make strife,
but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Proverbs 15:25
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25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud,
but maintains the widow’s boundaries.
Proverbs 15:33
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33 The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
and humility goes before honor.
Proverbs 16:5
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5 Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the Lord;
be assured, he will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 16:18-19
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18 Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 18:12
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12 Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty,
but humility goes before honor.
Proverbs 21:4
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4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
Proverbs 21:24
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24 “Scoffer” is the name of the proud, haughty man
who acts with arrogant pride.
Proverbs 22:4
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4 The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 25:6-7
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6 Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
or stand in the place of the great;
7 for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of the prince.
What your eyes have seen
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