Verse of the Day

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Proverbs 29:23 NIV

A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.

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Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

One's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

The Message

Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor.

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on Proverbs 29:23

(Read Proverbs 29:23)

Only those who humble themselves shall be exalted and established.


Proverbs 29:23 In-Context

21 A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent.

22 An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.

23 Pride brings a person low, but the lowly in spirit gain honor.

24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify.

25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.


This Week's Daily Bible Verses

Monday, July 01

Romans 8:1-2

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

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Sunday, June 30

Luke 10:27

He answered: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

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Saturday, June 29

Deuteronomy 8:1-3

Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the LORD promised on oath to your forefathers. Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

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Friday, June 28

Philippians 4:6-7

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Thursday, June 27

John 15:12-13

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."

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Wednesday, June 26

Psalm 34:10

The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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Tuesday, June 25

1 John 3:11

This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

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