Proverbs 29:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A person’s pride will humble him, but a humble spirit will gain honour.

Cross References

Matthew 23:12

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 14:11

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.’

Proverbs 11:2

When arrogance comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the  Lord’s declaration. I will look favourably on this kind of person: one who is humble,  submissive   in spirit, and trembles at my word.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with  humility towards one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.   ,

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is what wisdom teaches, and humility comes before honour.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

Luke 18:14

I 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.’

Proverbs 18:12

Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honour.

Matthew 18:4

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child #– #this one is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Isaiah 57:15

For the High and Exalted One, who lives for ever, 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.

Deuteronomy 8:16

He fed you in the wilderness with manna,  which your ancestors had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper.

Job 40:12

Look on every proud person and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.

Matthew 5:3

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

Job 22:29

When others are humiliated and you say, ‘Lift them up,’ God will save the humble.  ,

Acts 12:23

At 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.

Proverbs 16:19

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble  , than to divide plunder with the proud.

Proverbs 17:19

One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

Proverbs 22:4

Humility, the fear of the  Lord, results in wealth, honour, and life.

Obadiah 1:3

Your arrogant heart has deceived you, you who live in clefts of the rock  ,, in your home on the heights, who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground? ’