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Proverbs 16:18-20
The Message
Proverbs 16:18-20
The Message
18 First pride, then the crash—
the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.
19 It’s better to live humbly among the poor
than to live it up among the rich and famous.
20 It pays to take life seriously;
things work out when you trust in God.
The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson
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