Proverbs 11:2

“[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame, etc.] 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, (<661807>Revelation 18:7,8); 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…”

“Self-conceit is unteachable; the humble grow wise (compare Pro 16:18; Pro 18:12).”

“A rabbinic paraphrase of the second clause is: “Lowly souls become full of wisdom as the low place becomes full of water.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“11:2 Pride is dishonest self-promotion, whereas humility is an honest assessment of one’s strengths and weaknesses.”

“pride: Pro 3:34, Pro 3:35, Pro 16:18, Pro 16:19; Dan 4:30-32; Luk 14:8-11, Luk 18:14 but: Pro 15:33; Co1 8:1, Co1 8:2 Proverbs 11:3”

“Now follows the Solomonic "Pride goeth before a fall." There cometh arrogance, so also cometh shame; But with the humble is wisdom. Interpreted according to the Hebr.: if the former has come, so immediately also comes the latter. The general truth as to the causal connection of the two is conceived of historically; the fact, confirmed by many events, is represented in the form of a single occurrence as a warning example; the preterites are like the Greek aoristi gnomici (vid., p. 32); and the perf., with the fut. consec. following, is the expression of the immediate and almost simultaneous consequence (vid., at Hab 3:10): has haughtiness (זדון after the form לצון, from זיד, to boil, to run…”