Proverbs 11:2
Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
In Context
1A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his will.
3The simplicity of the just shall direct them, and the rebellion of the perverse will devastate them.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:34He will ridicule those who ridicule, but he will bestow grace upon the mild.
Proverbs 16:18Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.
Proverbs 29:23Humiliation follows the arrogant. And glory shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Daniel 4:30The same hour, the sentence was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven away from among men, and he ate hay like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair increased like the feathers of eagles, and his nails like those of birds.
Luke 14:9And then he who called both you and him, approaching, may say to you, ‘Give this place to him.’ And then you would begin, with shame, to take the last place.
1 Corinthians 8:1Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols: we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity builds up.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:2
Weighty Sayings. 1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord : but a just weight is his delight. As religion towards God is a branch of universal righteousness (he is not an honest man that is not devout), so righteousness towards men is a branch of true religion, for he is not a godly man that is not honest, nor can he expect that his devotion should be accepted; for, 1. Nothing is more offensive to God than deceit in commerce. A false balance is here put for all manner of unjust and fraudulent practices in… Read the whole commentary →