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Proverbs 16:19

It is betere to be maad meke with mylde men, than to departe spuylis with proude men.

Bible (Wycliffe)

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

18Pride goith bifore sorewe; and the spirit schal be enhaunsid byfor fallyng.

20A lerned man in word schal fynde goodis; and he that hopith in the Lord is blessid.

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Cross References

Psalms 34:18I schal knowleche to thee in a greet chirche; Y schal herie thee in a sad puple.

Proverbs 25:7For it is betere, that it be seid to thee, Stie thou hidur, than that thou be maad low bifore the prince.

Isaiah 9:3Thou multipliedist folk, thou magnefiedist not gladnesse; thei schulen be glad bifore thee, as thei that ben glad in heruest, as ouercomeris maken ful out ioie, whanne thei han take a prey, whanne thei departen the spuylis.

Isaiah 10:13For he seide, Y haue do in the strengthe of myn honde, and Y haue understonde in my wisdom; and Y haue take awei the endis of peplis, and Y haue robbid the princes of them, and Y as a myyti man haue drawun doun them that saten an hiy.

Isaiah 57:15For the Lord hiy, and enhaunsid, seith these thingis, that dwellith in euerlastyngnesse, and his hooli name in hiy place, and that dwellith in hooli, and with a contrite and meke spirit, that he quykene the spirit of meke men, and quykene the herte of contrit men.

Luke 1:51He made myyt in his arme, he scaterede proude men with the thouyte of his herte.

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