Proverbs 11:3
The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.
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2When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
4Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21For my clean and upright ways keep me safe, because my hope is in you.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
Proverbs 19:3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
Proverbs 28:18He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
Isaiah 1:28But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:3
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Observe, 1. How he that exalts himself is here abased, and contempt put upon him. When pride comes then comes shame. Pride is a sin which men have reason to be themselves ashamed of; it is a shame to a man who springs out of the earth, who lives upon alms, depends upon God, and has forfeited all he has, to be proud. It is a sin which others cry out shame on and look upon with disdain; he that is haughty makes himself contemptible; it is a sin… Read the whole commentary →