Proverbs 29:23 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²³ A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ A man's pride shall bring him low: But honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ 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)

²³ A man’s pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

Common English Bible

²³ Pride lays people low, but those of humble spirit gain honor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Humiliation follows the arrogant. And glory shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Proverbs 29:23 Cross References

Job 22:29

When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

Job 40:12

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:19

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 17:19

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honor is humility.

Proverbs 22:4

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honor, and life.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 66:2

For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Obadiah 1:3

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Matthew 18:4

Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 23:12

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 14:11

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Acts 12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Deuteronomy 8:16

who 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;

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.