Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
King James Version
In Context
2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Proverbs 28:18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Isaiah 1:28And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be 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 →