Proverbs 11:2

2 When pride comes, shame follows. But wisdom comes to those who are not proud.

Proverbs 11:2 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 11:2

[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame
The one follows the other, or rather keep pace together; as soon as one comes, the other comes; as in the case of the angels that sinned, Adam and Eve, Haman, Nebuchadnezzar, and others; and will be the case of the Romish antichrist, who, while vaunting and priding himself in his glory and grandeur, will fall into shame, disgrace, and destruction, ( Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8 ) ; but with the lowly [is] wisdom;
or wisdom shall come, as Jarchi: the consequence of which is honour and glory; as with Christ, who is meek and lowly, are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; so with his humble followers, who reckon themselves the least of saints, and chief of sinners, and own that it is by the grace of God they are what they are, is true wisdom; they are wise unto salvation, and in the way to honour and glory; such humble souls shall be exalted, ( Luke 14:11 ) .

Proverbs 11:2 In-Context

1 The LORD hates it when people use scales to cheat others. But he is delighted when people use honest weights.

2 When pride comes, shame follows. But wisdom comes to those who are not proud.

3 Those who do what is right are guided by their honest lives. But those who aren't faithful are destroyed by their trickery.

4 Wealth isn't worth anything when God judges you. But doing what is right saves you from death.

5 The ways of honest people are made straight because they do what is right. But those who do what is wrong are brought down by their own sins.