Proverbs 16:16-19

New International Version

¹⁶ How much better to get wisdom than gold,
    to get insight^(A) rather than silver!^(B)

¹⁷ The highway of the upright avoids evil;
    those who guard their ways preserve their lives.^(C)

¹⁸ Pride^(D) goes before destruction,
    a haughty spirit^(E) before a fall.^(F)

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