Proverbs 29:23

Pride humbles a person, but a humble spirit is the path to true honor.

Cross-references · 24

• Matt 23:12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
• Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Prov 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
• Isa 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
• Jas 4:6–10But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• 1 Pet 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Prov 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
• Prov 16:18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
• Luke 18:14I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Isa 2:11–12The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
• Prov 18:12Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
• Matt 18:4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
• Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
• Deut 8:16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
• Deut 8:2–3Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
• Matt 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Dan 5:20–21But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
• 2 Chr 32:25–26But because his heart was proud, Hezekiah did not repay the favor shown to him. Therefore wrath came upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
• Job 22:29When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
• Dan 4:30–37the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
• Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• 2 Chr 33:23–24but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
• 2 Chr 33:10–12And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

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