Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 is the cause of fighting, and a man given to wrath does much wrong.
24A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
2 Chronicles 33:10And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.
Job 22:29For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.
Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
Proverbs 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
Isaiah 2:11The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up 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 →