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

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The lamp that guides the wicked—
haughty eyes and an arrogant heart(A)—is sin.

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

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24 The arrogant and proud person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive arrogance.(A)

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

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Humility, the fear of the Lord,
results in wealth, honor, and life.(A)

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27 It is not good to eat much honey
    or to seek honor on top of honor.(A)

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27 It is not good to eat too much honey(A)
or to seek glory after glory.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:27 Lit seek their glory, glory

16 The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem
    than seven who can answer discreetly.

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16 In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser(A)
than seven who can answer sensibly.

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

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

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21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    so a person is tested[a] by being praised.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 27.21 Heb lacks is tested

21 As a crucible refines silver,
and a smelter refines gold,
so a person should refine his praise.(A)

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23 A person’s pride will bring humiliation,
    but one who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.(A)

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23 A person’s pride will humble him,(A)
but a humble spirit will gain honor.(B)

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