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Proverbs 16:18-20
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 16:18-20
Contemporary English Version
18 Too much pride
will destroy you.
19 You are better off
to be humble and poor
than to get rich
from what you take by force.
20 If you know what you're doing,[a]
you will prosper.
God blesses everyone
who trusts him.
Footnotes
- 16.20 know what … doing: Or “do what you're taught.”
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
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