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Proverbs 16:18–19

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18aPride goes before destruction,

And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

19It is better to be ahumble in spirit with the lowly

Than to bdivide the spoil with the proud.

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Cross references

  1. aProv 11:2; 18:12; Jer 49:16; Obad 3, 4
  2. aProv 3:34; 29:23; Is 57:15
  3. bEx 15:9; Judg 5:30; Prov 1:13, 14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Pride goes before destruction,

and a haughty spirit before a fall.

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor

than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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.