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When pride comes, then comes shame,
    but with humility comes wisdom.

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When arrogance comes, disgrace follows,
but with humility comes wisdom.(A)

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Better is he who is little known, and has a servant,
    than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

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Better to be disregarded, yet have a servant,
than to act important but have no food.(A)

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10 Pride only breeds quarrels,
    but wisdom is with people who take advice.

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10 Arrogance leads to nothing but strife,(A)
but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.

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25 Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud,
    but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

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25 The Lord tears apart the house of the proud,
but he protects the widow’s territory.(A)

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33 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom.
    Before honor is humility.

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33 The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches,
and humility comes before honor.(A)

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Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh:
    they shall certainly not be unpunished.

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Everyone with a proud heart is detestable to the Lord;(A)
be assured,[a] he will not go unpunished.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:5 Lit hand to hand

18 Pride goes before destruction,
    and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,
    than to divide the plunder with the proud.

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18 Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.(A)

19 Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble[a](B)
than to divide plunder with the proud.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:19 Alt Hb tradition reads afflicted

12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud,
    but before honor is humility.

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12 Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud,(A)
but humility comes before honor.(B)

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A high look and a proud heart,
    the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

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The lamp that guides the wicked—
haughty eyes and an arrogant heart(A)—is sin.

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24 The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name—
    he works in the arrogance of pride.

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24 The arrogant and proud person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive arrogance.(A)

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The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
    is wealth, honor, and life.

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Humility, the fear of the Lord,
results in wealth, honor, and life.(A)

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Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
    or claim a place among great men;
for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
    than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
    whom your eyes have seen.

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Don’t boast about yourself before the king,
and don’t stand in the place of the great;
for it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here!”
than to demote you in plain view of a noble.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:7 Lit you before a noble whom your eyes see