Proverbs 29:23
Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the humble of spirit.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16And fed thee in the wilderness with manna which thy fathers knew not. And after he had afflicted and proved thee, at the last he had mercy on thee,
2 Chronicles 33:10And the Lord spoke to him, and to his people, and they would not hearken.
Job 22:29For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.
Proverbs 11:2Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty eyes of man are humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be made to stoop: and 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 →