Proverbs 11:2
Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
In Context
1A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.
3The simplicity of the just shall guide them: and the deceitfulness of the wicked shall destroy them.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:34He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.
Proverbs 16:18Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.
Proverbs 29:23Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the humble of spirit.
Daniel 4:30The same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor, and he was driven away from among men, and did eat grass, like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven: till his hairs grew like the feathers of eagles, and his nails like birds' claws.
Luke 14:9And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee: Give this man place. And then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
1 Corinthians 8:1Now concerning those things that are sacrificed to idols: we know we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up: but charity edifieth. Knowledge puffeth up, etc... Knowledge, without charity and humility, serveth only to puff persons 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 →