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

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Haughty eyes(A) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

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

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24 The proud and arrogant person(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
    behaves with insolent fury.

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

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Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

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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)
    nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.(B)

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

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16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven people who answer discreetly.

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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 someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
    an outsider, 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 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
    but people are tested by their praise.

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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 Pride brings a person low,(A)
    but the lowly in spirit gain honor.(B)

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