Proverbs 11:2
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2 When pride comes, then comes shame,
but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 11:2
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Proverbs 12:9
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9 Better is he who is little known, and has a servant,
than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
Proverbs 12:9
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9 Better to be lowly and have a servant
than to play the great man and lack bread.
Proverbs 13:10
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10 Pride only breeds quarrels,
but wisdom is with people who take advice.
Proverbs 13:10
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10 (A)By insolence comes nothing but strife,
but with those who take advice is wisdom.
Proverbs 15:25
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25 Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud,
but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.
Proverbs 15:25
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Proverbs 15:33
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33 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom.
Before honor is humility.
Proverbs 15:33
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Proverbs 16:5
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5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh:
they shall certainly not be unpunished.
Proverbs 16:5
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5 Everyone who is arrogant in heart is (A)an abomination to the Lord;
(B)be assured, he will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 16:18-19
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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.
Proverbs 16:18-19
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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.
Proverbs 18:12
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12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud,
but before honor is humility.
Proverbs 18:12
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Proverbs 21:4
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4 A high look and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs 21:4
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:4 Or the plowing
Proverbs 21:24
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24 The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name—
he works in the arrogance of pride.
Proverbs 21:24
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24 (A)“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
who acts with arrogant pride.
Proverbs 22:4
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4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
is wealth, honor, and life.
Proverbs 22:4
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:4 Or The reward for humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and honor and life
Proverbs 25:6-7
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6 Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
or claim a place among great men;
7 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.
Proverbs 25:6-7
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6 Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence
or stand in the place of the great,
7 for (A)it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
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