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34 Surely He scorns the scornful,
    but He gives favor to the humble.

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16 These six things the Lord hates,
    yes, seven are an abomination to him:
17         a proud look,
        a lying tongue,
        and hands that shed innocent blood,
18         a heart that devises wicked imaginations,
        feet that are swift in running to mischief,
19         a false witness who speaks lies,
        and he who sows discord among brethren.

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When pride comes, then comes shame;
    but with the humble is wisdom.

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He who is lightly esteemed and has a servant is better
    than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

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There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing;
    there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

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10 Only by pride comes contention,
    but with the well-advised is wisdom.

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25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud,
    but He will establish the border of the widow.

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33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom,
    and before honor is humility.

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Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
    be assured, he will not be unpunished.

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18 Pride goes before destruction,
    and a haughty spirit before a fall.

19 Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly
    than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
    and before honor is humility.

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10 Delight is not seemly for a fool,
    much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
    I am pure from my sin”?

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A high look, a proud heart,
    and the plowing of the wicked are sin.

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24 Proud and haughty—scorner is his name,
    who deals in proud wrath.

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By humility and the fear of the Lord
    are riches, and honor, and life.

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27 It is not good to eat much honey;
    so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

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16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
    than seven men who can answer reasonably.

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Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
    a stranger, and not your own lips.

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21 As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold,
    so is a man to his praise.

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23 A man’s pride will bring him low,
    but honor will uphold the humble in spirit.

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