Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright leadeth them, And the perverseness of the treacherous destroyeth them.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.
4Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.
Cross References
Psalms 25:21Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited [on] Thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
Proverbs 19:3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.
Proverbs 28:18Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
Isaiah 1:28And the destruction of transgressors and sinners [is] together, And those forsaking Jehovah are 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 →