Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of the faithless shall destroy them.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.
4Riches profit not in the day of wrath; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for Thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the sincere shall make straight his way; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way; and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Proverbs 28:18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved; but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Isaiah 1:28But the destruction of the transgressors and the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
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 →