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13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil.
    I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

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13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil:
Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,
And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

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When pride comes, then comes shame,
    but with humility comes wisdom.

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When pride cometh, then cometh shame;
But with the lowly is wisdom.

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10 Pride only breeds quarrels,
    but wisdom is with people who take advice.

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10 By pride cometh only contention;
But with the well-advised is wisdom.

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18 Pride goes before destruction,
    and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,
    than to divide the plunder with the proud.

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18 Pride goeth before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the [a]poor,
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:19 Or, meek

12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud,
    but before honor is humility.

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12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty;
And before honor goeth humility.

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A high look and a proud heart,
    the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

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A high look, and a proud heart,
[a]Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

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  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or, And the tillage

24 The proud and arrogant man—“Scoffer” is his name—
    he works in the arrogance of pride.

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24 The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name;
He worketh in the arrogance of pride.

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The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
    is wealth, honor, and life.

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The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
Is riches, and honor, and life.

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12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
    There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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12 Seest thou a man wise in [a]his own conceit?
There is more hope of a fool than of him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:12 Hebrew his own eyes.

23 A man’s pride brings him low,
    but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

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23 A man’s pride shall bring him low;
But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

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32 “If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself,
    or if you have thought evil,
put your hand over your mouth.

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32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
Or if thou hast thought evil,
Lay thy hand upon thy mouth.

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