Proverbs 11:2

People who are proud will eventually be disgraced; it is wise to be humble.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

In Context

1Yahweh detests people who use scales that do not weigh correctly; he is delighted with those who use correct weights on the scales.

3People who are good are guided by doing what is honest; those who are not honest will be ruined because of the wrong things that they do.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:34Yahweh makes fun of those who make fun of others, but he kindly helps those who are humble.

Proverbs 16:18Being proud will ◄lead to your having/cause you to have► disasters; despising others will result in your being ruined.

Proverbs 29:23Proud people will be disgraced; those who are humble will be respected.

Daniel 4:30As he looked out over/across the city, he said to those around him, “I have built this great city of Babylon to be the place where I rule! I have built it to display my own power, in order to show people my glory, to show them that I am very great!”

Luke 14:9When that man comes, the man who invited both of you will come to you (sg) and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you (sg) will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.

1 Corinthians 8:1Now I will answer what you asked about us believers eating meat that has been sacrificed to idols. We know what some of you say, that God has enabled all of us to know the truth about things such as idols. But often we become proud because we say that we know all those things. But instead of being proud about what we know, we should show that we love our fellow believers by helping them to become spiritually mature.

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 →

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