Proverbs 16:16-20

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Acquiring wisdom is much better than gold,
    and acquiring understanding is better than silver.
¹⁷ The road of those who do right turns away from evil;
    those who protect their path guard their lives.
¹⁸ Pride comes before disaster,
    and arrogance before a fall.
¹⁹ Better to be humble with the needy
    than to divide plunder with the proud.
²⁰ Those with insight find prosperity;
    those who trust the Lord are blessed.