Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
The setting
Royal court in Jerusalem, ~950 BC. Solomon observing how pride destroys officials and nobles around him...
The emotion here: warning from hard-won experience
The original word
zadon (זָדוֹן) — arrogant pride that rebels against proper order
Why it matters
Solomon himself later fell to this exact pride, accumulating wives and wealth against God's law
Read with care
What most readers miss in Proverbs 11:2
The sequence is automatic — pride doesn't LEAD TO shame, it BRINGS shame with it
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about avoiding big-headed behavior, but Solomon means the internal attitude that makes us unteachable — the pride that stops us from growing.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Proverbs 11:2
Bible Genome reading
Proverbs 11:2 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Proverbs 11:2 comes from the book of Proverbs, written during the United Kingdom period. The dominant emotion in this verse is growing, with a comfort power of 40% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the wisdom genre of biblical literature. Key themes include pride, humility, wisdom. Notable phrases: pride comes; humility comes wisdom.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same growing
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
— Proverbs 22:6
“So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
— Romans 10:17
“He must increase, but I must decrease.”
— John 3:30
“Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
— Galatians 6:2
“He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.”
— Genesis 15:6
Your reflection
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