Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 29:23
23A person’s pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain 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 become arrogant later on. 22An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered one increases rebellion. A person’s pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain honor. 24To be a thief’s partner is to hate oneself; he hears the curse but will not testify. 25The fear of mankind is a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is protected.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:23 word by word
גַּאֲוַ֣ת אָ֭דָם תַּשְׁפִּילֶ֑נּוּ וּשְׁפַל־ר֝֗וּחַ יִתְמֹ֥ךְ כָּבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:23
- Proverbs 18:12Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25However, because his heart was proud, Hezekiah didn’t respond according to the benefit that had come to him. So there was wrath on him, Judah, and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 33:10The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.
- Job 22:29When others are humiliated and you say, “Lift them up,” God will save the humble.
- Job 40:12Look on every proud person and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
- Isaiah 2:11The pride of mankind will be humbled, and human loftiness will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
- Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic glory?”
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, 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 one went down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
- Acts 12:23At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- James 4:6But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says: God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
- 1 Peter 5:5In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
- Proverbs 15:33The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches, and humility comes before honor.
- Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
- Isaiah 57:15For the High and Exalted One, who lives forever, whose name is holy, says this: “I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
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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