Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
but a humble spirit will gain honor.
New American Standard Bible
But a
King James Version
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
International Standard Version
A person's pride will bring about his downfall, but the humble in spirit will gain honor.
A Conservative Version
A man's pride shall bring him low, but he who is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
American Standard Version
A man's pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.
Amplified
A man’s pride and sense of self-importance will bring him down,
But he who has a humble spirit will obtain honor.
Bible in Basic English
A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
Darby Translation
A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour.
Julia Smith Translation
A man's pride shall bring him low: and honor shall uphold him humble of spirit
King James 2000
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The pride of a person will bring him humiliation, and the lowly of spirit will obtain honor.
Modern King James verseion
A man's pride shall bring him low; but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
After pride cometh a fall; but a lowly spirit bringeth great worship.
NET Bible
A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.
New Heart English Bible
A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
The Emphasized Bible
The loftiness of a man, layeth him low, - but, one of a lowly spirit, shall attain unto honour.
Webster
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
World English Bible
A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.
Youngs Literal Translation
The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.
Themes
Abasement » Of the proud foretold
Humility » Promises concerning
Pride » Is followed by » Debasement
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All About Life
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and a hot-tempered man
but a humble spirit will gain honor.
he hears the curse but will not testify.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:33
and humility comes before honor.
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Matthew 23:12
Proverbs 11:2
but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 18:12
but humility comes before honor.
Isaiah 66:2
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble,
and trembles at My word.
Luke 14:11
Luke 18:14
James 4:6-10
But He gives greater grace. Therefore He says:
but gives grace to the humble.
Deuteronomy 8:2-3
Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.
Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you in the wilderness with manna
2 Chronicles 32:25-26
However, because his heart was proud,
2 Chronicles 33:10-12
The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.
2 Chronicles 33:23-24
But he did not humble himself before the Lord like his father Manasseh humbled himself;
Job 22:29
God will save the humble.
Job 40:12
trample the wicked where they stand.
Proverbs 16:18
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.
Isaiah 2:11-12
and the loftiness of men will be brought low;
the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.
Isaiah 57:15
who lives forever, whose name is Holy
“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.
Daniel 4:30-37
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”
Daniel 5:20-21
But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant,
Matthew 5:3
Matthew 18:4
Acts 12:23
At once an angel of the Lord
1 Peter 5:5
In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with
but gives grace to the humble.