Berean Standard Bible
Proverbs 29:23
23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Proverbs 29:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- New International Version (NIV)Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.
Context of Proverbs 29:23
21A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end. 22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression. A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor. 24A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath but does not testify. 25The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:23 word by word
גַּאֲוַ֣ת אָ֭דָם תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ וּשְׁפַל־ר֝֗וּחַ יִתְמֹ֥ךְ כָּבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:23
- Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
- Job 22:29When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
- Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
- Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
- Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
- Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Proverbs 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
- Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23A man's pride shall bring him low - A proud man is universally despised, and such are often exposed to great mortifications.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Honour shall uphold the humble in spirit - Better: The lowly in spirit shall lay hold on honor.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23Verse 23 Only those who humble themselves shall be exalted and established.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23See Proverbs 6:17–18; 11:2; 13:10; 15:33; 16:18–19; 18:12; 19:20; 22:4.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. (Compare Pr 16:18; 18:12). honour ... spirit--or, "such shall lay hold on honor" (Pr 11:16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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