For they have made low, and you say, ‘Up!’ And He saves the lowly of eyes.
Proverbs 29:23 - The Scriptures 2009 The pride of man brings him low, But the humble in spirit obtains esteem. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man's pride shall bring him low: But honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A man's pride will bring him low, but he who is of a humble spirit will obtain honor. [Prov. 15:33; 18:12; Isa. 66:2; Dan. 4:30; Matt. 23:12; James 4:6, 10; I Pet. 5:5.] American Standard Version (1901) A man’s pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor. Common English Bible Pride lays people low, but those of humble spirit gain honor. Catholic Public Domain Version Humiliation follows the arrogant. And glory shall uphold the humble in spirit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the humble of spirit. |
For they have made low, and you say, ‘Up!’ And He saves the lowly of eyes.
Look on everyone who is proud, humble him. And tread down the wrong-doers in their place.
The fear of יהוה is the discipline of wisdom, And before esteem is humility.
Before destruction comes pride, And before a fall a haughty spirit!
Better to be lowly in spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
He who loves transgression loves strife, He who exalts his door seeks destruction.
Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, And before esteem is humility.
The reward of humility is the fear of יהוה, Riches, and esteem and life.
For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.
“And all these My hand has made, and all these that exist,” declares יהוה. “Yet to such a one I look: on him who is poor and bruised of spirit, and who trembles at My Word.
“The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, ‘Who shall bring me down to the ground?’
“Whoever then humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the reign of the heavens.
“And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
For everyone who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.
“I say to you, this man went down to his house declared right, rather than the other. For everyone who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.”
And instantly a messenger of יהוה smote him, because he did not give the esteem to Elohim. And becoming worm-eaten, he died.
who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, in order to humble you and to try you, to do you good in the end,
In the same way, you younger ones, be subject to elders. And gird yourselves with humility toward one another, for “Elohim resists the proud, but gives favour to the humble.”