Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21May integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for You.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Proverbs 19:3A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
Proverbs 28:18He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
Isaiah 1:28But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.
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 →