Verse 2

When pride comes, then comes shame, But with humility comes wisdom.

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 will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
  • Luke 14:8-9 : 8 "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him, 9 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place. 10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. 11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
  • Prov 15:33 : 33 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom. 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 lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the plunder with the proud.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride brings him low, But one of lowly spirit gains honor.
  • Prov 18:12 : 12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, But before honor is humility.
  • 1 Cor 8:1-2 : 1 Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2 But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn't yet know as he ought to know.
  • Prov 3:34-35 : 34 Surely he mocks the mockers, But he gives grace to the humble. 35 The wise will inherit glory, But shame will be the promotion of fools.
  • Dan 4:30-32 : 30 The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty? 31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from the sky, [saying], O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from you: 32 and you shall be driven from men; and they dwelling shall be with the animals of the field; you shall be made to 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 whoever he will.