THEOSISProverbs 11:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.
בָּֽא־זָ֭דוֹן וַיָּבֹ֣א קָל֑וֹן וְֽאֶת־צְנוּעִ֥ים חָכְמָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 29:23Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the humble of spirit.
- Prov 15:33The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom: and humility goeth before glory.
- Prov 16:18Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.
- Prov 16:19It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.
- Luke 18:14I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
- Prov 18:12Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.
- Prov 3:34He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.
- Prov 3:35The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.