Haughty eyes(A) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

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The lamp that guides the wicked—
haughty eyes and an arrogant heart(A)—is sin.

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24 The proud and arrogant person(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
    behaves with insolent fury.

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24 The arrogant and proud person, named “Mocker,”
acts with excessive arrogance.(A)

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Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

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Humility, the fear of the Lord,
results in wealth, honor, and life.(A)

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27 It is not good to eat too much honey,(A)
    nor is it honorable to search out matters that are too deep.(B)

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27 It is not good to eat too much honey(A)
or to seek glory after glory.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:27 Lit seek their glory, glory

16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven people who answer discreetly.

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16 In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser(A)
than seven who can answer sensibly.

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Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
    an outsider, and not your own lips.(A)

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Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.(A)

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21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
    but people are tested by their praise.

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21 As a crucible refines silver,
and a smelter refines gold,
so a person should refine his praise.(A)

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23 Pride brings a person low,(A)
    but the lowly in spirit gain honor.(B)

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23 A person’s pride will humble him,(A)
but a humble spirit will gain honor.(B)

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