Proverbs 29:23
The pride of a man will humble him; but the humble in spirit will attain to honor.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
In Context
22A man of anger stirreth up strife; and a man of fury aboundeth in transgression.
24Whoso divideth with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and dareth not to tell.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16Who hath fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not; in order to afflict thee, and in order to prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
2 Chronicles 33:10And the Lord spoke to Menasseh, and to his people; but they listened not.
Job 22:29For when men are brought low, thou wilt say, Pride [hath done it]; but those of lowly eyes [God] will help.
Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh disgrace; but with the modest there is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Before downfall [goeth] pride, and before stumbling, haughtiness of spirit.
Isaiah 2:11The looks of human pride shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bent down: and exalted shall be the Lord alone on 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 →