Proverbs 11:2
Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusion: but wheras is lowlinesse, there is wisdome.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
In Context
1A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:18Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.
Proverbs 29:23After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.
Luke 14:9And he, that bad hym and thee, come, and say to thee, geue this man rowme: & thou then begyn with shame, to take the lowest rowme.
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 →