Proverbs 11:3
תֻּמַּת יְשָׁרִים תַּנְחֵם וְסֶלֶף בּוֹגְדִים ושדם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
In Context
2בָּֽא ־ זָדוֹן וַיָּבֹא קָלוֹן וְֽאֶת ־ צְנוּעִים חָכְמָֽה ׃
4לֹא ־ יוֹעִיל הוֹן בְּיוֹם עֶבְרָה וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּֽוֶת ׃
Cross References
Psalms 25:21תֹּם ־ וָיֹשֶׁר יִצְּרוּנִי כִּי קִוִּיתִֽיךָ ׃
Proverbs 11:5צִדְקַת תָּמִים תְּיַשֵּׁר דַּרְכּוֹ וּבְרִשְׁעָתוֹ יִפֹּל רָשָֽׁע ׃
Proverbs 19:3אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תְּסַלֵּף דַּרְכּוֹ וְעַל ־ יְהוָה יִזְעַף לִבּֽוֹ ׃
Proverbs 28:18הוֹלֵךְ תָּמִים יִוָּשֵׁעַ וְנֶעְקַשׁ דְּרָכַיִם יִפּוֹל בְּאֶחָֽת ׃
Isaiah 1:28וְשֶׁבֶר פֹּשְׁעִים וְחַטָּאִים יַחְדָּו וְעֹזְבֵי יְהוָה יִכְלֽוּ ׃
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 →