Proverbs 11:3
The vprightnes of the iust shall guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2When pride commeth, then commeth shame: but with the lowly is wisdome.
4Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21Let mine vprightnes and equitie preserue me: for mine hope is in thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousnes of the vpright shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.
Proverbs 19:3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.
Proverbs 28:18He that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.
Isaiah 1:28And the destruction of the transgressers and of the sinners shalbe together: and they that forsake the Lord, shalbe 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 →