Proverbs 29:23
The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.
Young's Literal Translation
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 stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.
24Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),
2 Chronicles 33:10And Jehovah speaketh unto Manasseh and unto his people, and they have not attended,
Job 22:29For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.
Proverbs 11:2Pride hath come, and shame cometh, And with the lowly [is] wisdom.
Proverbs 16:18Before destruction [is] pride, And before stumbling — a haughty spirit.'
Isaiah 2:11The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been 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 →