Proverbs 16:20
The learned in word shall find good things: and he that trusteth in the Lord is blessed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 proud.
Cross References
Genesis 41:38The counsel pleased Pharao and all his servants.
Psalms 2:12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way.
Psalms 125:1If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:
Proverbs 8:35He that shall find me, shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord:
Proverbs 13:15Good instruction shall give grace: in the way of scorners is a deep pit.
Proverbs 19:8But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence shall find 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 →