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When pride is nurtured, disgrace soon follows,
    but wisdom is the hallmark of the humble.
The upright are guarded by their integrity;
    the treacherous are destroyed by their own duplicity.
Riches will be of no avail on the day of wrath,[a]
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:4 Day of wrath: i.e., the day of judgment (see Isa 10:3; Zep 1:18).