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

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

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  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or, And the tillage

24 “Arrogant,” “Haughty,” “(A)Scoffer,” are his names,
Who acts with (B)arrogant fury.

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24 The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name;
He worketh in the arrogance of pride.

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The reward of humility—the [a]fear of Yahweh—
Is riches, glory, and life.

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  1. Proverbs 22:4 Or reverence

The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
Is riches, and honor, and life.

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27 To eat too much honey is not good,
Nor is it glory to (A)search out [a]one’s own glory.

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  1. Proverbs 25:27 Lit their

27 It is not good to eat much honey;
[a]So for men to search out their own glory is grievous.

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  1. Proverbs 25:27 Or, But for men to search out their own glory is glory. The Hebrew text is obscure.

16 The sluggard is (A)wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can respond with a discreet answer.

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16 The sluggard is wiser in [a]his own conceit
Than seven men that can [b]render a reason.

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  1. Proverbs 26:16 Hebrew his own eyes.
  2. Proverbs 26:16 Or, answer discreetly

Let a (A)stranger praise you, and not your own mouth;
A foreigner, and not your own lips.

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Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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21 The (A)refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
And each (B)is tested by the mouth that praises him.

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21 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
And a man is tried by [a]his praise.

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  1. Proverbs 27:21 Or, that which he praiseth. Or, that whereof he boasteth

23 A man’s (A)lofty pride will bring him low,
But a (B)lowly spirit will take hold of glory.

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23 A man’s pride shall bring him low;
But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

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