Proverbs 29:23
Humiliation follows the arrogant. And glory shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
In Context
22A short-tempered man provokes quarrels. And whoever is easily angered is more likely to sin.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16and he nourished you in the wilderness with Manna, which your fathers had not known. And after he had afflicted and tested you, in the very end, he took pity on you.
2 Chronicles 33:10And the Lord spoke to him and to his people, but they were not willing to pay attention.
Job 22:29For he who had been humbled, will be in glory; and he who will lower his eyes, will be the one saved.
Proverbs 11:2Wherever arrogance may be, there too is insult. But wherever humility is, there too is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty eyes of man have been humbled, and the haughtiness of men will be bowed down. Then the Lord alone shall be exalted, in that day.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:23
22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. See here the mischief that flows from an angry, passionate, furious disposition. 1. It makes men provoking to one another: An angry man stirs up strife, is troublesome and quarrelsome in the family and in the neighbourhood, blows the coals, and even forces those to fall out with him that would live peaceable and quietly by him. 2. It makes men provoking to God: A furious man, who is wedded to his humours and passions, cannot but… Read the whole commentary →