(A)When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
    but with (B)the humble is wisdom.

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When pride appears, disgrace accompanies it,
    but humility is present with wisdom.

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Better to be lowly and have a servant
    than to play the great man and lack bread.

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It’s better to be unimportant, yet have a servant,
    than to pretend to be important, but lack food.

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10 (A)By insolence comes nothing but strife,
    but with those who take advice is wisdom.

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10 Arrogance only brings quarreling,
    but those receiving advice are wise.

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25 The Lord tears down the house of (A)the proud
    but (B)maintains (C)the widow's boundaries.

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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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33 (A)The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
    and (B)humility comes before honor.

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33 The fear of the Lord teaches wisdom,
    and humility precedes honor.

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Everyone who is arrogant in heart is (A)an abomination to the Lord;
    (B)be assured, he will not go unpunished.

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The Lord detests those who are proud;
    truly they will not go unpunished.

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18 (A)Pride goes before destruction,
    and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 (B)It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
    than to (C)divide the spoil with the proud.

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18 Pride precedes destruction;
    an arrogant spirit appears before a fall.
19 Better to be humble among the poor,
    than to share what is stolen with the proud.

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12 (A)Before destruction a man's heart is haughty,
    but (B)humility comes before honor.

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12 Before a man’s downfall, his mind[a] is arrogant,
    but humility precedes honor.

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  1. Proverbs 18:12 Lit. heart

(A)Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    (B)the lamp[a] of the wicked, are sin.

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  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or the plowing

A proud attitude,[a] accompanied by[b] a haughty look, is sin;
    they reveal[c] wicked people.

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  1. Proverbs 21:4 Lit. heart
  2. Proverbs 21:4 Lit. proud heart and
  3. Proverbs 21:4 Lit. sin; the lamp of

24 (A)“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
    who acts with arrogant pride.

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

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The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is (A)riches and honor and life.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 22:4 Or The reward for humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and honor and life

The reward of humility is the fear of the Lord,
    along with wealth, honor, and life.

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Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence
    or stand in the place of the great,
for (A)it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

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Don’t magnify yourself in the presence of a king,
    and don’t pretend to be in the company of famous men,
for it is better that it be told you, “Come up here,”
    than for you to be placed lower
        in the presence of an official.

What you’ve seen with your own eyes,

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