Pro 29:22 | KingComments | STEP | Wherever “an angry man” comes, strife stirs up ( ). He arouses it; he provokes it by his unfounded anger. He is not just temporarily angry, but anger reigns over him. Whether he is in the family, at work or anywhere else, everywhere he is present as “an angry man”. His attitude evokes resistance. His environment does not accept this and arguments arise. In his hot-temper he does not occasionally slip up, but he commits a succession of transgressions. Anyone who comes near him is snarled at and treated unfairly. Thus he accumulates his transgressions. A person who is hot-tempered is subject to his emotions and lusts. He is an egoist and is out for self-preservation. For another he does not care. The inevitable result is that he “abounds in transgression”, both against his neighbor and against God. An angry man ( ) is also a prideful man ( ). Anger is an attribute of God that He exercises in a perfectly just way ( ; ). One who is willfully angry believes he is above others and above any criticism. In so doing, he takes the place of God. God “will bring him low”. He will certainly do so in judgment, but it is also already happening on earth. A prideful man is regularly humbled by his surroundings. Against the angry, temperamental, haughty man is “a humble spirit”. This is not someone in just a humble attitude, but someone who is inwardly humble. With him it is not about his own honor, but the honor of God. Therefore, he is honored by God ( ). A person with a humble spirit obtains honor from God. That honor is that God comes to dwell with him and gives him the fullness of life with Him ( ). Humility is not false modesty, but recognizing that everything we are, do or get is due to the goodness of God. The humble spirit is in God’s presence.

‏ Proverbs 29:22

Anger, Hot-Temper and Pride Against Humility

Wherever “an angry man” comes, strife stirs up (Pro 29:22). He arouses it; he provokes it by his unfounded anger. He is not just temporarily angry, but anger reigns over him. Whether he is in the family, at work or anywhere else, everywhere he is present as “an angry man”.

His attitude evokes resistance. His environment does not accept this and arguments arise. In his hot-temper he does not occasionally slip up, but he commits a succession of transgressions. Anyone who comes near him is snarled at and treated unfairly. Thus he accumulates his transgressions.

A person who is hot-tempered is subject to his emotions and lusts. He is an egoist and is out for self-preservation. For another he does not care. The inevitable result is that he “abounds in transgression”, both against his neighbor and against God.

An angry man (Pro 29:22) is also a prideful man (Pro 29:23). Anger is an attribute of God that He exercises in a perfectly just way (Jn 3:36; Rom 1:18). One who is willfully angry believes he is above others and above any criticism. In so doing, he takes the place of God. God “will bring him low”. He will certainly do so in judgment, but it is also already happening on earth. A prideful man is regularly humbled by his surroundings.

Against the angry, temperamental, haughty man is “a humble spirit”. This is not someone in just a humble attitude, but someone who is inwardly humble. With him it is not about his own honor, but the honor of God. Therefore, he is honored by God (1Sam 2:30). A person with a humble spirit obtains honor from God. That honor is that God comes to dwell with him and gives him the fullness of life with Him (Isa 57:15).

Humility is not false modesty, but recognizing that everything we are, do or get is due to the goodness of God. The humble spirit is in God’s presence.