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When (A)arrogance comes, then comes disgrace,
But with the meek is wisdom.

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When pride comes, then comes disgrace;
    but with the humble is wisdom.

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Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant
Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

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Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself
    than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.

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10 With arrogance [a]comes only quarreling,
But with those who receive counsel is wisdom.

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  1. Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives

10 By insolence the heedless make strife,
    but with those who take advice is wisdom.

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25 Yahweh will (A)tear down the house of the proud,
But He will (B)cause the boundary of the (C)widow to stand.

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25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud,
    but maintains the widow’s boundaries.

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33 The [a]fear of Yahweh is the discipline [b]leading to wisdom,
And before glory comes humility.

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  1. Proverbs 15:33 Or reverence
  2. Proverbs 15:33 Lit of

33 The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
    and humility goes before honor.

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Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh;
Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.

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Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the Lord;
    be assured, he will not go unpunished.

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18 (A)Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
19 It is better to be (B)humble in spirit with the lowly
Than to (C)divide the spoil with the proud.

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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.

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12 (A)Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
But (B)humility goes before glory.

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12 Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty,
    but humility goes before honor.

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Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
The (A)fallow ground of the wicked—are sin.

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Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    the lamp of the wicked, are sin.

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24 “Arrogant,” “Haughty,” “(A)Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with (B)arrogant fury.

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

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The reward of humility—the [a]fear of Yahweh—
Is riches, glory, and life.

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  1. Proverbs 22:4 Or reverence

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is riches and honor and life.

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Do not promote your majesty in the presence of the king,
And in the place of great men do not stand;
For (A)it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of a noble,
Whom your eyes have seen.

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Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
    or stand in the place of the great;
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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