Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright leads them, || And the perverseness of the treacherous destroys them.
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2Pride has come, and shame comes, || And wisdom [is] with the lowly.
4Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, || And righteousness delivers from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21Integrity and uprightness keep me, || For I have waited [on] You.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, || And by his wickedness the wicked fall.
Proverbs 19:3The folly of man perverts his way, || And his heart is angry against YHWH.
Proverbs 28:18Whoever is walking uprightly is saved, || And the perverted of ways falls at once.
Isaiah 1:28And the destruction of transgressors and sinners [is] together, || And those forsaking YHWH are 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 →