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

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When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
    but wisdom is with the humble.(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 despised and have produce[a]
    than to be self-important and lack food.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.9 Cn: Heb servant

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

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10 By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,
    but wisdom is with those who take advice.(A)

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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 down the house of the proud
    but maintains the widow’s boundaries.(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 instruction in wisdom,
    and humility goes 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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All those who are arrogant are an abomination to the Lord;
    be assured, they will not go unpunished.(A)

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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.

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18 Pride goes before destruction
    and a haughty spirit before a fall.(A)
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor
    than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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

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12 Before destruction one’s heart is haughty,
    but humility goes before honor.(A)

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

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

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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 proud, haughty person, named Scoffer,
    acts with arrogant pride.(A)

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

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

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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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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 a noble.

What your eyes have seen(A)

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