Proverbs 3:34
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34 Surely He scorns the scornful,
but He gives favor to the humble.
Proverbs 6:16-19
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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.
Proverbs 11:2
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2 When pride comes, then comes shame;
but with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 12:9
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9 He who is lightly esteemed and has a servant is better
than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
Proverbs 13:7
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7 There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing;
there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
Proverbs 13:10
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10 Only by pride comes contention,
but with the well-advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 15:25
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25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud,
but He will establish the border of the widow.
Proverbs 15:33
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33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom,
and before honor is humility.
Proverbs 16:5
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5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
be assured, he will not be unpunished.
Proverbs 16:18-19
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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.
Proverbs 18:12
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12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
and before honor is humility.
Proverbs 19:10
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10 Delight is not seemly for a fool,
much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 20:9
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9 Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?
Proverbs 21:4
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4 A high look, a proud heart,
and the plowing of the wicked are sin.
Proverbs 21:24
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24 Proud and haughty—scorner is his name,
who deals in proud wrath.
Proverbs 22:4
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4 By humility and the fear of the Lord
are riches, and honor, and life.
Proverbs 25:27
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27 It is not good to eat much honey;
so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 26:16
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16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men who can answer reasonably.
Proverbs 27:2
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2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:21
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21 As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold,
so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 29:23
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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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