Proverbs 11:2 “When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.”

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

Geneva Bible 1599

When pride commeth, then commeth shame: but with the lowly is wisdome.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.

Bible in Basic English

When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

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Cross references

“pride”

Luke 18:14 Luke 14:8–11 Daniel 4:30–32 Proverbs 3:34 Proverbs 3:35 Proverbs 16:18

Luke 18:14 · BSB

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.”

Luke 14:8–11 · BSB

“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.

Daniel 4:30–32 · BSB

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Proverbs 3:34 · BSB

He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

Proverbs 3:35 · BSB

The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

Proverbs 16:18 · BSB

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

“but”

Proverbs 15:33 1 Corinthians 8:1 1 Corinthians 8:2

Proverbs 15:33 · BSB

The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

1 Corinthians 8:1 · BSB

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 8:2 · BSB

The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.

Also

Proverbs 29:23 Proverbs 18:12

Proverbs 29:23 · BSB

A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Proverbs 18:12 · BSB

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

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