Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
King James Version
In Context
22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
24Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
Job 22:29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, 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 →