Proverbs 11:3
The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them: but the wickednesse of the offendours shalbe their owne destruction.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
2Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusion: but wheras is lowlinesse, there is wisdome.
4Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:5The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse.
Proverbs 19:3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.
Proverbs 28:18Whoso leadeth an innocent life, shalbe saued: but he that goeth frowarde wayes, shall once haue a fall.
Isaiah 1:28But the transgressours, and the vngodly, and such as forsake the Lorde, shall altogether be vtterly destroyed.
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 →