Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the cunning of the treacherous destroyeth them.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2When pride cometh, then cometh disgrace; but with the modest there is wisdom.
4Wealth cannot profit on the day of wrath; but righteousness deliver from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness guard me; for I wait on thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh even his way; but by his own wickedness will the wicked fall.
Proverbs 19:3The folly of a man perverteth his way, and against the Lord will his heart rage.
Proverbs 28:18Whoso walketh in integrity will be saved; but he that walketh perversely on two paths, will fall on one.
Isaiah 1:28But destruction shall come over transgressors and sinners together, and those that forsake the Lord shall 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 →