Proverbs 29:23
The pride of man humbles him, || And humility of spirit upholds honor.
Literal Standard Version
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 stirs up contention, || And a furious man is multiplying transgression.
24Whoever is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, || He hears execration, and does not tell.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16who is causing you to eat manna in the wilderness, which your fathers have not known, in order to humble you, and in order to try you, to do you good in your latter end;
2 Chronicles 33:10And YHWH speaks to Manasseh and to his people, and they have not attended,
Job 22:29For they have made low, || And you say, Lift up. And He saves the bowed down of eyes.
Proverbs 11:2Pride has come, and shame comes, || And wisdom [is] with the lowly.
Proverbs 16:18Pride [is] before destruction, || And before stumbling—a haughty spirit.
Isaiah 2:11The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, || And the loftiness of men has been bowed down, || And YHWH alone has been set on high 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 →