Proverbs 16:17-19

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁷Good people try to avoid evil. They watch what they do and protect themselves.

¹⁸Pride is the first step toward destruction. Proud thoughts will lead you to defeat.

¹⁹It is better to be a humble person living among the poor than to share the wealth among the proud.

Proverbs 16:17-19

New International Version

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

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

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

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)