8:12-13
“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
and I find knowledge and discretion.
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.
11:2
When pride comes, then comes disgrace,
but with the humble is wisdom.
12:9
Better to be lowly and have a servant
than to play the great man and lack bread.
13:13
Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself,
but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.
15:33
The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
and humility comes before honor.
15:25
The Lord tears down the house of the proud
but maintains the widow’s boundaries.
16:1
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
16:5
Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord;
be assured, he will not go unpunished.
16:18
Pride goes before destruction,
and a haughty spirit before a fall.
16:19
It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
than to divide the spoil with the proud.
16:20
Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good,
and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.
18:12
Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty,
but humility comes before honor.
19:16
Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life;
he who despises his ways will die.
19:29
Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.
21:4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
21:24
“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
who acts with arrogant pride.
22:4
The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is riches and honor and life.
22:29
Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
24:9
The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.
24:13-14
My son, eat honey, for it is good,
and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, there will be a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
25:2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.
25:6-7a
Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
or stand in the place of the great,
for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
25:16
If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.
25:27
It is not good to eat much honey,
nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.
26:1
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
28:9
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
even his prayer is an abomination.
29:18
Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint,
but blessed is he who keeps the law.
29:23
One’s pride will bring him low,
but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.