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17 The path of the upright leads away from misfortune;
    those who attend to their way guard their lives.[a]
18 Pride goes before disaster,
    and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 It is better to be humble with the poor
    than to share plunder with the proud.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:17 In the metaphor of the two ways, the way of the righteous is protected and the way of the wicked is unprotected. Since the path of the righteous leads therefore away from trouble, one’s task is to stay on it, to “attend to” it.

17 The highway of the upright avoids evil;
    those who guard their ways preserve their lives.(A)

18 Pride(B) goes before destruction,
    a haughty spirit(C) before a fall.(D)

19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
    than to share plunder with the proud.

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