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Proverbs 16:18–19

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18mPride goes before destruction,

and a haughty spirit before a fall.

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

than to odivide the spoil with the proud.

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Cross references

  1. mSee ch. 11:2
  2. nch. 29:23; Isa. 57:15
  3. oSee Ex. 15:9

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Pride goes before destruction,

a haughty spirit before a fall.

Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed

than to share plunder with the proud.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Pride comes before destruction,

and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble

than to divide plunder with the proud.

NLTNew Living Translation

Pride goes before destruction,

and haughtiness before a fall.

Better to live humbly with the poor

than to share plunder with the proud.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Before destruction comes pride,

and before a fall, a haughty spirit.

Better a lowly spirit with the poor

than dividing the spoil with the proud.

KJV 1900King James Version

Pride goeth before destruction,

And an haughty spirit before a fall.

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly,

Than to divide the spoil with the proud.