Pride.  Sir.10.6-18

⁶Do not be angry with your neighbour for any injury,
and do not attempt anything by acts of insolence.
⁷Arrogance is hateful before the Lord and before men,
and injustice is outrageous to both.
⁸Sovereignty passes from nation to nation
on account of injustice and insolence and wealth.
⁹How can he who is dust and ashes be proud?
for even in life his bowels decay.
¹⁰A long illness baffles the physician;
the king of today will die tomorrow.
¹¹For when a man is dead, he will inherit creeping things, and wild beasts, and worms.
¹²The beginning of man's pride is to depart from the Lord;
his heart has forsaken his Maker.
¹³For the beginning of pride is sin,
and the man who clings to it pours out abominations.
Therefore the Lord brought upon them extraordinary afflictions,
and destroyed them utterly.
¹⁴The Lord has cast down the thrones of rulers,
and has seated the lowly in their place.
¹⁵The Lord has plucked up the roots of the nations,
and has planted the humble in their place.
¹⁶The Lord has overthrown the lands of the nations,
and has destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
¹⁷He has removed some of them and destroyed them,
and has extinguished the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁸Pride was not created for men,
nor fierce anger for those born of women.

Those deserving of honour.  Sir.10.19-25

¹⁹What race is worthy of honour? The human race.
What race is worthy of honour? Those who fear the Lord.
What race is unworthy of honour? The human race.
What race is unworthy of honour? Those who transgress the commandments.
²⁰Among brothers their leader is worthy of honour,
and those who fear the Lord are worthy of honour in his eyes.
²²The rich, and the eminent, and the poor -
their glory is the fear of the Lord.
²³It is not right to despise an intelligent poor man,
nor is it proper to honour a sinful man.
²⁴The nobleman, and the judge, and the ruler will be honoured,
but none of them is greater than the man who fears the Lord.
²⁵Free men will be at the service of a wise servant,
and a man of understanding will not grumble.

Humility & self-respect.  Sir.10.26-11.1

²⁶Do not make a display of your wisdom when you do your work,
nor glorify yourself at a time when you are in want.
²⁷Better is a man who works and has an abundance of everything,
than one who goes about boasting, but lacks bread.
²⁸My son, glorify yourself with humility,
and ascribe to yourself honour according to your worth.
²⁹Who will justify the man that sins against himself?
And who will honour the man that dishonours his own life?
³⁰A poor man is honoured for his knowledge,
while a rich man is honoured for his wealth.
³¹A man honoured in poverty, how much more in wealth!
And a man dishonoured in wealth, how much more in poverty!