Proverbs 11:2
1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.
4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- KJV
- When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
- WEB
- When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
- ASV
- When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.
- DARBY
- [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.
- BLB
- Pride has come, and shame also comes, and with the humble [is] wisdom.
- ÅB
- Med overmot følger skam, men de ydmyke har visdom.
- OTB
- Når stolthet kommer, følger skam, men med de ydmyke er det visdom.
- B1930
- Med overmot følger skam, men de ydmyke har visdom.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Read in contextProverbs 16:18–19
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Read in contextProverbs 15:33
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Read in contextLuke 18:14
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Read in contextProverbs 18:12
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
Read in contextProverbs 3:34–35
He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:1–2
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Read in contextLuke 14:8–11
“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
Read in context