Proverbs 11:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.”
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BSBPD
“When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly <FI>is<Fi> wisdom.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 11:2 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 3:34He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
- Proverbs 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
- Daniel 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
- Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Luke 14:8“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.
- Luke 14:9Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.
- Luke 18:14I 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.”
- 1 Corinthians 8:1Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
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