Proverbs 11:2
When zadon (pride) cometh, then cometh kalon (shame, disgrace), 1 but with the humble is chochmah. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 3:34Surely He scorneth the scorners; 1 but He giveth chen (grace, favor) unto the anayim (lowly, humble ones). 1
Proverbs 16:18Ga'on (pride) goeth before shever (destruction), 1 and a ruach of haughtiness before a fall. 1
Proverbs 29:23Ga'avat adam (pride of man) shall bring him low, 1 but the humble in ruach shall attain kavod. 1
Daniel 4:30The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nevukhadnetzar, and he was driven from anashim, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eaglesʼ feathers, and his nails like birdsʼ claws.
Luke 14:9And he who invited you both shall come and say to you, Give place to this one, and then in bushah (shame) you proceed to occupy the seat of humiliation, the low seat.
1 Corinthians 8:1Now concerning the sacrifice to an elil (idol in avodah zarah, idol worship), we know that “we all possess da'as (knowledge).” But da'as puffs up (with ga'avah), but ahavah (agape) builds up. + 8:1 1C 14:1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:2
Weighty Sayings. 1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord : but a just weight is his delight. As religion towards God is a branch of universal righteousness (he is not an honest man that is not devout), so righteousness towards men is a branch of true religion, for he is not a godly man that is not honest, nor can he expect that his devotion should be accepted; for, 1. Nothing is more offensive to God than deceit in commerce. A false balance is here put for all manner of unjust and fraudulent practices in… Read the whole commentary →