John Trapp on Proverbs 11:2

Verſ. 2. When pride cometh] Where Pride is in the Saddle, Shame is on the Crupper, tanquam Nemeſis a tergo. Hee is a proud fool, ſaith our Engliſh Proverb. Proud perſons whiles they leave their ſtanding, and would riſe above the top of their places, they fail of their footing, and fall to the bottome.

But with the lowly is wiſdome] Which maketh the face to ſhine. Pride proceeds from folly, and procures contempt. But God gives grace to the humble, that is, (as ſome ſenſe it) good repute and report amongſt men. Who am I? ſaith Moſes, and yet who fitter than hee to go to Pharaoh? Hee refuſed to bee Pharaohs daughters Son; hee was afterwards called to bee Pharaohs God, Exod. 7.1. Aben-Ezra obſerves, that the word here rendred lowly, ſignifies baſhful, ſhame-faced, Qui prae vtrecundia ſeſe abdunt, that thruſt not themſelves into obſervation. The humble man, were it not that the fragrant ſmell of his many vertues betrayes him to the world, would chuſe to live and dye in his ſelf-contenting ſecrecy. Hence humility is by Bernard compared to the Violet, which grows low to the ground, and hangs the head downward, and beſides, hides it ſelf with its own leaves.