When pride comes, then comes disgrace,(A)
    but with humility comes wisdom.(B)

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When (A)pride comes, then comes dishonor;
But with the humble there is wisdom.

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Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
    than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

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

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10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)

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10 Through overconfidence [a]comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.

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  1. Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives

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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25 The Lord will (A)tear down the house of the proud,
But He will (B)set the boundary of the (C)widow.

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33 Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord,(A)
    and humility comes before honor.(B)

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33 [a]The fear of the Lord is the instruction for wisdom,
And before honor comes humility.

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  1. Proverbs 15:33 Or Reverence for

The Lord detests all the proud of heart.(A)
    Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.(B)

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Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
[a]Be assured, he will not go unpunished.

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  1. Proverbs 16:5 Lit Hand to hand, he

18 Pride(A) goes before destruction,
    a haughty spirit(B) before a fall.(C)

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

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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 needy
Than to (C)divide the spoils with the proud.

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12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
    but humility comes before honor.(A)

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12 (A)Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty,
But (B)humility goes before honor.

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Haughty eyes(A) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

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Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
The (A)lamp of the wicked, is sin.

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

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24 “Proud,” “Arrogant,” “(A)Scoffer,” are his names,
One who acts with (B)insolent pride.

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Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

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The reward of humility and [a]the fear of the Lord
Are riches, honor, and life.

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  1. Proverbs 22:4 Or reverence for

Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
    and do not claim a place among his great men;
it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
    than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.

What you have seen with your eyes

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Do not boast in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the same place [a]as great people;
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 the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.

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  1. Proverbs 25:6 Lit of