Proverbs 16:20
The learned in word shall find good things. And whoever hopes in the Lord is blessed.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
In Context
19It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the arrogant.
Cross References
Genesis 41:38And he said to them, “Would we be able to find another such man, who is full of the Spirit of God?”
Psalms 2:12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.
Psalms 125:1A Canticle in steps. When the Lord turned back the captivity of Zion, we became like those who are consoled.
Proverbs 8:35He who finds me, finds life, and he will draw salvation from the Lord.
Proverbs 13:15Good doctrine bestows grace. In the way of the contemptuous, there is a chasm.
Proverbs 19:8But whoever possesses reason loves his own soul. And one who guards prudence shall discover good things.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:20
19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. This is a paradox which the children of this world cannot understand and will not subscribe to, that it is better to be poor and humble than to be rich and proud. 1. Those that divide the spoil are commonly proud; they value themselves and despise others, and their mind rises with their condition; those therefore that are rich in this world have need to be charged that they be not high-minded, 1 Tim. vi. 17 . Those… Read the whole commentary →