“ When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. ”
A rabbinic paraphrase of the second clause is: “Lowly souls become full of wisdom as the low place becomes full of water.”
[When] pride cometh, then cometh (b) shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom. (b) When man so gets himself, and thinks to be exalted above his calling then God brings him to confusion.
Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group ( Proverbs 11:2-8 ; Proverbs 11:18-21 , and Prov...
When pride cometh, then, &c. Illustrations: Miriam ( Numbers 12:10 . Uzziah ( 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 ); Nebuchadnezzar ( Daniel 4:30 ); Moab (. Zephaniah 2:8 ; Zephaniah 2:10 ); Nineveh ( Zeph...
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. When pride cometh - The proud man thinks much more of himself than any other can do; and, expecting to be treated according to...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be commi...
1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
Then cometh shame. — For they have not the grace of God to keep them from falling. (See above on Proverbs 6:17 .)
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination...
Verse Proverbs 11:7 . The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side...
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Riches profit not in the d...
[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, H...
Proverbs 11:2 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom. Ver. 2. When pride cometh. ] Where pride is in the saddle, shame is on the crupper, tanquam Nemesis a tergo...
When pride cometh, then cometh shame Pride, as it is the effect of folly, so it bringeth a man to contempt and destruction, such persons being under the displeasure of God, and disliked by all men....
2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Observe, 1. How he that exalts himself is here abased, and contempt put upon him. When pride comes then com...
When pride cometh, then cometh shame; pride, as it is the effect of folly, so it bringeth a man to contempt and destruction, such persons being commonly hated both by God and by all men. With the...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:2 . Literally , “there hath come pride, there will come shame.” Stuart reads, “Does pride come, then shame will come.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 11:2 PRIDE AN...
Proverbs 11:1 . A false balance is an abomination to the Lord. A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand...
When pride cometh, then cometh shame. Pride I shall first describe to you the several kinds of pride among mankind, and show you their folly and wickedness; and, secondly, point out to you the...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13 , Deuteronomy 25:14 and Leviticus...
v. 2. When pride cometh, that is, when a person becomes self-conceited and arrogant, then cometh shame, for such a person is beyond teaching and is bound finally to make a fool of himself; but w...
1 Corinthians 8:1 ; 1 Corinthians 8:2 ; Daniel 4:30-32 ; Luke 14:8-11 ; Luke 18:14 ; Proverbs 15:33 ; Proverbs 16:18 ; Proverbs 16:19 ; Proverbs 3:34 ; Proverbs 3:35