Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them; But the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2When pride cometh, then cometh disgrace; But with the humble is wisdom.
4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For on thee do I rest my hope!
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the good man maketh his way plain; But the wicked falleth through his wickedness.
Proverbs 19:3The folly of man destroyeth his way, And then his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Proverbs 28:18He who walketh uprightly shall be safe; But he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Isaiah 1:28But destruction shall fall at once on the rebels and sinners; Yea, they that forsake Jehovah 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 →