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Proverbs 16:17-19
Lexham English Bible

17 The highway of the upright, it turns from evil,
    he who guards himself[a] keeps his way.
18 Before destruction comes pride,
    and before a fall, a haughty spirit.[b]
19 Better a lowly spirit with the poor
    than dividing the spoil with the proud.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:17 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 16:18 Hebrew “a haughty of spirit”
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