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13 The fear of Yahweh is hatred of evil,
    pride, and arrogance and an evil way.
    And I hate a mouth of perversity.

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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
(B)Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And (C)the perverse mouth I hate.

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Pride comes, then disgrace comes,
    but wisdom is with the humble.

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When pride comes, then comes (A)shame;
But with the humble is wisdom.

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10 Only by insolence is strife set up,
    and wisdom is with those who take advice.

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10 By pride comes nothing but (A)strife,
But with the well-advised is wisdom.

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18 Before destruction comes pride,
    and before a fall, a haughty spirit.[a]
19 Better a lowly spirit with the poor
    than dividing the spoil with the proud.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:18 Hebrew “a haughty of spirit”

18 Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before [a]a fall.
19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the [b]spoil with the proud.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:18 stumbling
  2. Proverbs 16:19 plunder

12 In the presence of destruction, the heart[a] of a man will be haughty,
    but in the presence of honor, humble.

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  1. Proverbs 18:12 Or “mind”

12 (A)Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
And before honor is humility.

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Haughtiness of the eyes and pride of heart,
    the lamp of the wicked are sin.

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(A)A haughty look, a proud heart,
And the [a]plowing of the wicked are sin.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:4 Or lamp

24 The proud, haughty one: “scoffer” is his name;
    he acts with arrogance of pride.

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24 A proud and haughty man—“Scoffer” is his name;
He acts with arrogant pride.

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The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh—
    wealth and honor and life.

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By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are 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 (A)Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

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23 The pride of a person will bring him humiliation,
    and the lowly of spirit will obtain honor.

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23 (A)A man’s pride will bring him low,
But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

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32 If you have been foolish by exalting yourself,
    and if you have devised evil, put your hand to your mouth.

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32 If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have devised evil, (A)put your hand on your mouth.

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