34 He mocks(A) proud mockers(B)
    but shows favor to the humble(C) and oppressed.

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16 There are six things the Lord hates,(A)
    seven that are detestable to him:
17         haughty eyes,(B)
        a lying tongue,(C)
        hands that shed innocent blood,(D)
18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,(E)
19         a false witness(F) who pours out lies(G)
        and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.(H)

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When pride comes, then comes disgrace,(A)
    but with humility comes wisdom.(B)

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Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
    than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

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One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(A)
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(B)

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10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)

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25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud,(A)
    but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.(B)

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33 Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the Lord,(A)
    and humility comes before honor.(B)

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The Lord detests all the proud of heart.(A)
    Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.(B)

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18 Pride(A) goes before destruction,
    a haughty spirit(B) before a fall.(C)

19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
    than to share plunder with the proud.

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12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
    but humility comes before honor.(A)

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10 It is not fitting for a fool(A) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!(B)

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Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;(A)
    I am clean and without sin”?(B)

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

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

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

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

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

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