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Proverbs 11:2 (Listen)

2 cWhen pride comes, then comes disgrace,

but with dthe humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 12:9 (Listen)

9 Better to be lowly and have a servant

than to play the great man and lack bread.

Proverbs 13:10 (Listen)

10 fBy insolence comes nothing but strife,

but with those who take advice is wisdom.

Proverbs 15:25 (Listen)

25 The Lord tears down the house of qthe proud

but rmaintains sthe widow's boundaries.

Proverbs 15:33 (Listen)

33 jThe fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,

and khumility comes before honor.

Proverbs 16:5 (Listen)

5 Everyone who is arrogant in heart is ran abomination to the Lord;

sbe assured, he will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 16:18-19 (Listen)

18 mPride goes before destruction,

and a haughty spirit before a fall.

19 nIt is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor

than to odivide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 18:12 (Listen)

12 mBefore destruction a man's heart is haughty,

but nhumility comes before honor.

Proverbs 21:4 (Listen)

4 cHaughty eyes and a proud heart,

dthe lamp1 of the wicked, are sin.

Footnotes

[1] 21:4 Or the plowing

Proverbs 21:24 (Listen)

24 f“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man

who acts with arrogant pride.

Proverbs 22:4 (Listen)

4 The reward for humility and fear of the Lord

is triches and honor and life.1

Footnotes

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

Proverbs 25:6-7 (Listen)

6 Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence

or stand in the place of the great,

7 for uit is better to be told, “Come up here,”

than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

Proverbs 25:27 (Listen)

27 It is qnot good to eat much honey,

nor is it glorious to rseek one's own glory.1

Footnotes

[1] 25:27 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain

Proverbs 26:12 (Listen)

12 Do you see a man who is jwise in his own eyes?

kThere is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 27:1-2 (Listen)

27 Do not boast about tomorrow,

yfor you do not know what a day may bring.

2 Let zanother praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

Proverbs 28:11 (Listen)

11 A rich man is wise in his town eyes,

but a poor man who has understanding uwill find him out.

Proverbs 28:25 (Listen)

25 A greedy man sstirs up strife,

but the one who trusts in the Lord will tbe enriched.

Proverbs 29:23 (Listen)

23 eOne's pride will bring him low,

fbut he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

Proverbs 30:2-4 (Listen)

2 Surely I am too mstupid to be a man.

I have not the understanding of a man.

3 I have not learned wisdom,

nor have I knowledge of nthe Holy One.

4 Who has oascended to heaven and come down?

Who has pgathered the wind in his fists?

Who has qwrapped up the waters in a garment?

Who has established all rthe ends of the earth?

sWhat is his name, and what is his son's name?

Surely you know!

Proverbs 30:21-23 (Listen)

21 Under kthree things sthe earth trembles;

under kfour it cannot bear up:

22 ta slave when he becomes king,

and a fool when he is ufilled with food;

23 van unloved woman when she wgets a husband,

and a maidservant when she displaces her mistress.

Proverbs 30:29-33 (Listen)

29 bThree things are stately in their tread;

bfour are stately in their stride:

30 the lion, which is mightiest among beasts

and cdoes not turn back before any;

31 the dstrutting rooster,1 the he-goat,

and a king whose army is with him.2

32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself,

or if you have been devising evil,

eput your hand on your mouth.

33 For pressing milk produces curds,

pressing the nose produces blood,

and pressing anger produces strife.

Footnotes

[1] 30:31 Or the magpie, or the greyhound; Hebrew girt-of-loins
[2] 30:31 Or against whom there is no rising up

Proverbs 31:30 (Listen)

30 lCharm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,

but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

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