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When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
    but wisdom is with the humble.(A)

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When pride appears, disgrace accompanies it,
    but humility is present with wisdom.

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Better to be despised and have produce[a]
    than to be self-important and lack food.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.9 Cn: Heb servant

It’s better to be unimportant, yet have a servant,
    than to pretend to be important, but lack food.

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10 By insolence the empty-headed person makes strife,
    but wisdom is with those who take advice.(A)

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10 Arrogance only brings quarreling,
    but those receiving advice are wise.

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25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud
    but maintains the widow’s boundaries.(A)

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25 The house of the proud the Lord will demolish,
    but he will protect the widow’s boundary line.

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33 The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
    and humility goes before honor.(A)

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33 The fear of the Lord teaches wisdom,
    and humility precedes honor.

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All those who are arrogant are an abomination to the Lord;
    be assured, they will not go unpunished.(A)

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The Lord detests those who are proud;
    truly they will not go unpunished.

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18 Pride goes before destruction
    and a haughty spirit before a fall.(A)
19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor
    than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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18 Pride precedes destruction;
    an arrogant spirit appears before a fall.
19 Better to be humble among the poor,
    than to share what is stolen with the proud.

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12 Before destruction one’s heart is haughty,
    but humility goes before honor.(A)

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12 Before a man’s downfall, his mind[a] is arrogant,
    but humility precedes honor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:12 Lit. heart

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

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A proud attitude,[a] accompanied by[b] a haughty look, is sin;
    they reveal[c] wicked people.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:4 Lit. heart
  2. Proverbs 21:4 Lit. proud heart and
  3. Proverbs 21:4 Lit. sin; the lamp of

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

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24 The names “Proud,” “Arrogant,” and “Mocker”
    fit whoever acts with presumptuous conceit.

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

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The reward of humility is the fear of the Lord,
    along with wealth, honor, and life.

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Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
    or stand in the place of the great,
for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen(A)

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Don’t magnify yourself in the presence of a king,
    and don’t pretend to be in the company of famous men,
for it is better that it be told you, “Come up here,”
    than for you to be placed lower
        in the presence of an official.

What you’ve seen with your own eyes,

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