Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 11:2
A rabbinic paraphrase of the second clause is: “Lowly souls become full of wisdom as the low place becomes full of water.”
A rabbinic paraphrase of the second clause is: “Lowly souls become full of wisdom as the low place becomes full of water.”
Verse Proverbs 11:2. WHEN _PRIDE COMETH_] The proud man thinks much more of himself than any other can do; and, expecting to be treated according to his own supposed worth, which treatment he seldom m...
CHAPTER 11 THE CONTRAST CONTINUED The continued contrast in this chapter between the righteous and the wicked contains many precious gems, sweet to faith and wholesome for instruction. In the second v...
PROVERBS 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27 is represented by a further group (Proverbs 11:2;...
WHEN PRIDE COMETH, THEN, &C. Illustrations: Miriam (Numbers 12:10. Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26:16); Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:30); Moab (....
_wisdom_ We should rather have expected _honour_, as a parallel to _shame_in the first clause. But wisdom is the root of honour. Comp. Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 18:12....
CHAPTER 11 TEXT Proverbs 11:1-11 1. A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight. 2. When pride cometh, then cometh shame; But with the lowly is wisdom. 3. Th...
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. (WHEN) PRIDE COMETH, THEN COMETH SHAME - a play upon like sounds in Hebrew ( zaadown (H2087), kalon (G2570)). There is no "when...
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 committed,...
11:2 lowly (a-10) Or 'modest.' see 'humbly,' Micah 6:8 ....
1. False weights were exceedingly common (Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 11 V1 God hates false measurements. God loves honest measurements. v
Humble people know that God is great. God likes humble people. God likes humble people because they look after other people. A humble person considers that other people are important. A proud person...
THEN COMETH SHAME. — For they have not the grace of God to keep them from falling. (See above on Proverbs 6:17.)...
בָּֽא ־זָ֭דֹון וַ יָּבֹ֣א קָלֹ֑ון וְֽ אֶת
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 of t...
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 of...
[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....
_Wisdom. God resists the proud, chap. xvi. 18., and xviii. 12., and James iv. 6._...
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 da...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
[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, Hama...
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._ H...
_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....
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 WITH TH...
1-9 When children are under the mother's eye, she has an opportunity of fashioning their minds aright. Those who are grown up, should often call to mind the good teaching they received when children....
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 LOWL...
Proverbs 11:2 pride H2087 comes H935 (H8804) comes H935 (H8799) shame H7036 humble H6800 (H8803) wisdom...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The ways of righteousness are plain and safe and in them we may enjoy a holy security. The ways of wickedness are dangerous...
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 tim...
_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 bea...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 11:1 These proverbs focus on matters of financial and personal security. ⇐ ⇔
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 AND HUMILI...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 11:1 A FALSE BALANCE; literally, _balances of deceit _(Proverbs 20:23). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13,...
Shall we turn now in Proverbs to the eleventh chapter. Now we have come in the Proverbs to individual little sayings of wisdom. Each one is separate and complete in itself and unrelated to the next. S...
1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 8:2; Daniel 4:30; Luke 14:8; L