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Proverbs 29:23

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.

Proverbs 29:23 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 29:23

Theological / Devotional

Uphold the humble. The second clause reads literally, “the humble one of spirit shall lay hold of honor.” Not only does the humble man eventually gain honor, but he retains it, because the same humility characterizes him after he has been elevated as marked his conduct before (see Prov. 15:33; 16:18, 19; 25:6, 7; Dan. 2:30; Luke 14:11).

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