Proverbs 29:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

Cross References

Job 22:29

For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

Job 40:12

Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:19

Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.

Proverbs 17:19

The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

Proverbs 22:4

The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things my hand has made, and they are mine, says the Lord; but to this man only will I give attention, to him who is poor and broken in spirit, fearing my word.

Obadiah 1:3

You have been tricked by the pride of your heart, O you whose living-place is in the cracks of the rock, whose house is high up; who has said in his heart, Who will make me come down to earth?

Matthew 18:4

Whoever, then, will make himself as low as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 23:12

And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

Matthew 5:3

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

Luke 14:11

For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

Luke 18:14

I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

Acts 12:23

And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

Deuteronomy 8:16

Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

1 Peter 5:5

And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.