Proverbs 29:23 - The Pulpit Commentary - Bible Study & Commentary

Proverbs 29:23 - Exposition

A man's pride shall bring him low. The same thought is found in Proverbs 15:33 ; Proverbs 16:18 ; Proverbs 25:6 , etc.; Luke 14:11 . Honour shall uphold the humble in spirit; better, as the Revised Version, he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honour (comp. Proverbs 11:16 ; Isaiah 57:15 ). The humble man does not seek honour, but by his life and action unconsciously attains it (comp. Job 22:29 ). Septuagint, "Haughtiness brings a man low, but the lowly-minded the Lord upholdeth with glory."

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Proverbs 29:23 - Exposition

Proverbs 29:23 - Exposition

The Pulpit Commentary

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