Proverbs 29:23
If you're proud, you'll be humiliated; but if you're humble, you'll be honored.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
In Context
22Angry people stir up trouble, those with short tempers commit many sins.
24A thief's partner hates his life; even under the threat of being cursed he can't tell the truth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16He fed you in the desert with manna that your forefathers had never known, humbling you and testing you, so that eventually you would do well in the future.
2 Chronicles 33:10The Lord warned Manasseh and his people, but they ignored him.
Job 22:29When others are humbled, and you say, ‘please help them,’ God will save them.
Proverbs 11:2With pride comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Pride leads to destruction; and an arrogant spirit leads to a fall.
Isaiah 2:11Those who look with arrogance will be brought low; those who are proud will be humbled. On that day only the Lord will be lifted high.
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 →