Proverbs 11:2

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

Pride has come, and shame comes, || And wisdom [is] with the lowly.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.See Appendix.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בָּֽא־זָ֭דוֹן וַיָּבֹ֣א קָל֑וֹן וְֽאֶת־צְנוּעִ֥ים חָכְמָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οὗ ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ ὕβρις, ἐκεῖ καὶ ἀτιμία· στόμα δὲ ταπεινῶν μελετᾷ σοφίαν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
• Proverbs 16:18–19Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
• Proverbs 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
• 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.”
• Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Proverbs 3:34–35He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble. The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
• 1 Corinthians 8:1–2Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The one who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
• Luke 14:8–11“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. Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man…
• Daniel 4:30–32the 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?” While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came…

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