Proverbs 11:2 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² When swelling and pride come, then emptiness and shame come also, but with the humble (those who are lowly, who have been pruned or chiseled by trial, and renounce self) are skillful and godly Wisdom and soundness.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² When pride cometh, then cometh shame: But with the lowly is wisdom.

American Standard Version (1901)

² When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom.

Common English Bible

² When pride comes, so does shame, but wisdom brings humility.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.

English Standard Version 2016

² When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 11:2 Cross References

Proverbs 15:33

The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord brings instruction in Wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Proverbs 18:12

Haughtiness comes before disaster, but humility before honor.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride will bring him low, but he who is of a humble spirit will obtain honor. [Prov. 15:33; 18:12; Isa. 66:2; Dan. 4:30; Matt. 23:12; James 4:6, 10; I Pet. 5:5.]

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you; break off your sins and show the reality of your repentance by righteousness (right standing with God and moral and spiritual rectitude and rightness in every area and relation) and liberate yourself from your iniquities by showing mercy and loving-kindness to the poor and oppressed, that [if the king will repent] there may possibly be a continuance and lengthening of your peace and tranquility and a healing of your error.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his home justified (forgiven and made upright and in right standing with God), rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.