Proverbs 29:23
Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honour.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
In Context
22A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16who fed you with manna in the wilderness, which you knew not, and your fathers knew not; that he might afflict you, and thoroughly try you, and do you good in your latter days.
2 Chronicles 33:10And the Lord spoke to Manasses, and to his people: but they listened not.
Job 22:29Because you have humbled yourself; and you shall say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.
Proverbs 11:2Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.
Isaiah 2:11For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, 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 →