Key Verse Spotlight
Proverbs 11:2 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“{When} pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly {is} wisdom.”
Proverbs 11:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
A false balance {is} abomination to the LORD: but a just weight {is} his delight. {A false...: Heb. Balances of deceit} {just...: Heb. perfect stone}
{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 day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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