Proverbs 29:23

New King James Version

A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.

Cross References

Job 22:29

When they cast you down, and you say, ‘Exaltation will come!’ Then He will save the humble person.

Job 40:12

Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low; Tread down the wicked in their place.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 15:33

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:19

Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 17:19

He who loves transgression loves strife, And he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of a 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 says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has 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 My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.

Obadiah 1:3

The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

Matthew 18:4

Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 23:12

And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 14:11

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Acts 12:23

Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died.

Deuteronomy 8:16

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end—

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”