34 Toward the (A)scorners he (B)is scornful,
    (C)but to the humble he gives favor.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:34 Or grace

16 There are (A)six things that the Lord hates,
    (B)seven that are an abomination to him:
17 (C)haughty eyes, (D)a lying tongue,
    and (E)hands that shed innocent blood,
18 (F)a heart that devises wicked plans,
    (G)feet that make haste to run to evil,
19 (H)a false witness who (I)breathes out lies,
    and one who (J)sows discord among brothers.

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

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Better to be lowly and have a servant
    than to play the great man and lack bread.

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(A)One pretends to be rich,[a] yet has nothing;
    (B)another pretends to be poor,[b] yet has great wealth.

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  1. Proverbs 13:7 Or One makes himself rich
  2. Proverbs 13:7 Or another makes himself poor

10 (A)By insolence comes nothing but strife,
    but with those who take advice is wisdom.

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

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

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Everyone who is arrogant in heart is (A)an abomination to the Lord;
    (B)be assured, he will not go unpunished.

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

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12 (A)Before destruction a man's heart is haughty,
    but (B)humility comes before honor.

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10 (A)It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
    much less for (B)a slave to rule over princes.

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

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(A)Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    (B)the lamp[a] of the wicked, are sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or the plowing

24 (A)“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
    who acts with arrogant pride.

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The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is (A)riches and honor and life.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 22:4 Or The reward for humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and honor and life

27 It is (A)not good to eat much honey,
    nor is it glorious to (B)seek one's own glory.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 25:27 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

16 The sluggard is (A)wiser in his own eyes
    (B)than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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

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21 (A)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    and a man is tested by his praise.

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23 (A)One's pride will bring him low,
    (B)but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

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