² When pride comes, so does shame,
    but wisdom brings humility.

⁹ Better to be held in low regard and have a servant
    than to be conceited and lack food.

⁷ Some pretend to be rich but have nothing,
    while others pretend to be poor, but have great riches.

¹⁰ The empty-headed cause conflict out of pride;
    those who take advice are wise.

²⁵ The Lord snatches away the arrogant one’s house,
    but he preserves the widow’s boundaries.

³³ The fear of the Lord is wise instruction,
    and humility comes before respect.

⁵ The Lord detests all who are arrogant;
    they surely won’t go unpunished.

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.