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Pride in Proverbs

        Pro 3:34 He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.         Pro 6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,         Pro 8:13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.         Pro 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.         Pro 13:10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.         Pro 15:25 The LORD tears down the proud man’s house but he keeps the widow’s boundaries intact.         Pro 16:5 The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.         Pro 16:18,19 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.         Pro 17:6,7 Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. Arrogant lips are unsuited to a fool — how much worse lying lips to a ruler!         Pro 18:12 Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.         Pro 21:4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!         Pro 21:24 The proud and arrogant man — “Mocker” is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.         Pro 29:23 A man’s pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.         Pro 30:13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful.

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