Proverbs 29:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ A man's pride shall bring him low: But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honour.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Humiliation followeth the proud: and glory shall uphold the humble of spirit.

Proverbs 29:23 Cross References

Job 22:29

When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he shall save.

Job 40:12

Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; And tread down the wicked where they stand.

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 honour goeth humility.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:19

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 17:19

He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour goeth humility.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Is riches, and honour, 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 these things hath mine hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

Obadiah 1:3

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, O 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 the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 23:12

And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever 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 every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Luke 18:14

I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Acts 12:23

And immediately an 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, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.