Proverbs 11:2
Legacy Standard Bible
2 When (A)arrogance comes, then comes disgrace,
But with the meek is wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2
Revised Standard Version
2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace;
but with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 12:9
Legacy Standard Bible
9 Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant
Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
Proverbs 12:9
Revised Standard Version
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
Legacy Standard Bible
10 With arrogance [a]comes only quarreling,
But with those who receive counsel is wisdom.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives
Proverbs 13:10
Revised Standard Version
10 By insolence the heedless make strife,
but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Proverbs 15:25
Legacy Standard Bible
25 Yahweh will (A)tear down the house of the proud,
But He will (B)cause the boundary of the (C)widow to stand.
Proverbs 15:25
Revised Standard Version
25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud,
but maintains the widow’s boundaries.
Proverbs 15:33
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:33 Or reverence
- Proverbs 15:33 Lit of
Proverbs 15:33
Revised Standard Version
33 The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
and humility goes before honor.
Proverbs 16:5
Legacy Standard Bible
5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh;
Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.
Proverbs 16:5
Revised Standard Version
5 Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the Lord;
be assured, he will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 16:18-19
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
Proverbs 16:18-19
Revised Standard Version
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
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 18:12
Revised Standard Version
12 Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty,
but humility goes before honor.
Proverbs 21:4
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
The (A)fallow ground of the wicked—are sin.
Proverbs 21:4
Revised Standard Version
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
Proverbs 21:24
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 21:24
Revised Standard Version
24 “Scoffer” is the name of the proud, haughty man
who acts with arrogant pride.
Proverbs 22:4
Legacy Standard Bible
4 The reward of humility—the [a]fear of Yahweh—
Is riches, glory, and life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:4 Or reverence
Proverbs 22:4
Revised Standard Version
4 The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 25:6-7
Legacy Standard Bible
6 Do not promote your majesty in the presence of the king,
And in the place of great men do not stand;
7 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.
Proverbs 25:6-7
Revised Standard Version
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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