Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the yesharim (upright ones) shall guide them, 1 but the deceit of the bogedim (treacherous ones) shall destroy them. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2When zadon (pride) cometh, then cometh kalon (shame, disgrace), 1 but with the humble is chochmah. 1
Cross References
Psalms 25:21[Tav] Let tohm (integrity, guilelessness) and uprightness preserve me; 1 for I wait on Thee. 1
Proverbs 11:5The tzidkat tamim (righteousness of the blameless) shall make his derech straight, 1 but the rasha shall fall by his own evil. 1
Proverbs 19:3The folly of adam maketh his derech crooked, 1 yet his lev rages against Hashem. 1
Proverbs 28:18He who walketh tamim (blamelessly) shall be saved, 1 but he that is perverse in his drakhim shall fall suddenly. 1
Isaiah 1:28And the destruction of the poshe'im and of the chote'im shall be together, 1 and they that forsake Hashem shall be consumed. 1
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 →