Proverbs 11:3
Honesty guides the good, but deceit destroys liars.
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2With pride comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
4Wealth won't help you on judgment day, but goodness saves you from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21May integrity and honesty defend me because I place my confidence in you.
Proverbs 11:5The goodness of the innocent keeps them on track, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Proverbs 19:3People mess up their lives by their own stupidity, and then get angry with the Lord.
Proverbs 28:18If you have integrity, you'll be kept safe, but if you live deviously, you'll fall.
Isaiah 1:28But rebels and sinners will be destroyed together, and those who abandon the Lord will die.
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 →