Proverbs 11:3
The simplicity of the just shall direct them, and the rebellion of the perverse will devastate them.
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2Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.
4Wealth will not profit in the day of vengeance. But justice shall liberate from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:5The justice of the simple shall direct his way. And the impious will fall in his impiety.
Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of a man undermines his steps. And then he seethes in his soul against God.
Proverbs 28:18Whoever walks simply shall be saved. Whoever is perverse in his steps will fall all at once.
Isaiah 1:28And he shall crush the accursed and sinners together. And those who have abandoned the Lord will be consumed.
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 →