Proverbs 29:23
After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
In Context
22An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:2Where pryde is, there is shame also and confusion: but wheras is lowlinesse, there is wisdome.
Proverbs 16:18Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.
Isaiah 2:11The high lookes of man shalbe brought lowe, and the hautinesse of men shalbe bowed downe: and the Lorde alone shalbe 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 →