Verse 2

When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the humble 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 everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
  • Luke 14:8-9 : 8 When you are invited by any man to a wedding, do not sit down in the highest place; lest a more honorable man than you be invited by him; 9 And he who invited you and him come and say to you, Give this man your place; and you begin with shame to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher: then you will have honor in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. 11 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled; and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
  • Prov 15:33 : 33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.
  • Prov 16:18-19 : 18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 19 It is better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride will bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
  • 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Now concerning things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
  • Prov 3:34-35 : 34 Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace to the lowly. 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the legacy of fools.
  • Dan 4:30-32 : 30 The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken; The kingdom has departed from you. 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.