Proverbs 11:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 18:14 : 14 ‹I tell you, this man went down to his house justified› [rather] ‹than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›
  • Luke 14:8-9 : 8 ‹When thou art bidden of any› [man] ‹to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;› 9 ‹And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.› 10 ‹But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.› 11 ‹For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.›
  • Prov 15:33 : 33 ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.
  • Prov 16:18-19 : 18 ¶ Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. 19 ¶ Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 ¶ A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 ¶ Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.
  • 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 ¶ Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
  • Prov 3:34-35 : 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
  • Dan 4:30-32 : 30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? 31 While the word [was] in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. 32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

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