Do you know the advantages of humilty? Proverbs 22

Proverbs 22:4 (NASBStr)

The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord

Are riches, honor and life.

Not the similarity of the above proverb with the following:

Proverbs 21:21 (NASBStr)

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness

will find life, righteousness, and honor.

Solomon realizes that humility and the pursuit of righteousness and mercy have the same end ... life and honor.   When you seek to be promoted you lose both life and honor.   But, when you seek humility, righteousness and kindness you obtain the very things the proud, arrogant and powerful want ... life, honor and riches.   Christianity is the upside-down religion.  While other faiths tell you to work hard for your righteousness, Christianity tells you to stop working and simply believe.   When other religions tell you to work for riches and honor, even killing others to get it, Christianity tells you to seek humility, righteousness and kindness to find the same things.   Typically the humble are not rewarded by the world.  The world is looking for the powerful and the aggressive.  Those seeking and fulfilling the "warrior" mentality are much more rewarded in our society than the one who seeks humility, meekness and the fear of The Lord.   James tells us that God rewards the humble:

James 4:6

But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “ God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

Grace is given to the humble.  Grace helps us to accept the circumstances where we struggle.   Grace helps us to deal with the pain that afflicts us; the disappointment that upsets us; the expectations that fail us.    God gives grace to those who trust in Him.  The proud trust in themselves.   The humble realize they have nothing to offer God and therefore need to simply allow Him to work in their lives and produce something good out of it.   The reward for humility and the fear of The Lord is life.   A great life.