Proverbs 16:19
It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the arrogant.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
In Context
18Arrogance precedes destruction. And the spirit is exalted before a fall.
20The learned in word shall find good things. And whoever hopes in the Lord is blessed.
Cross References
Psalms 34:18I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people.
Proverbs 25:7For it is better that it should be said to you, “Ascend to here,” than that you should be humbled before the prince.
Isaiah 9:3You have increased the nation, but you have not increased the rejoicing. They will rejoice before you, like those who rejoice at the harvest, like the victorious exulting after capturing the prey, when they divide the spoils.
Isaiah 10:13For he has said: “I have acted with the strength of my own hand, and I have understood with my own wisdom, and I have removed the limits of the people, and I have plundered their leaders, and, like one with power, I have pulled down those residing on high.
Isaiah 57:15For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Luke 1:51He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:19
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Note, 1. Pride will have a fall. Those that are of a haughty spirit, that think of themselves above what is meet, and look with contempt upon others, that with their pride affront God and disquiet others, will be brought down, either by repentance or by ruin. It is the honour of God to humble the proud, Job xl. 11, 12 . It is the act of justice that those who have lifted up themselves should be laid low. Pharaoh, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar,… Read the whole commentary →