Proverbs 16:19
Better is a meek-spirited man with + 16:19 Or, affliction.lowliness, than one who divides spoils with the proud.
Brenton Septuagint
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 goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.
20He who is skilful in business finds good: but he that trusts in God is most blessed.
Cross References
Psalms 34:18I will give thanks to thee even in a great congregation: in an abundant people I will praise thee.
Proverbs 25:7for it is better for thee that it should be said, Come up to me, than that one should humble thee in the presence of the prince; speak of that which thine eyes have seen.
Isaiah 9:3Because the yoke that was laid upon them has been taken away, and the rod that was on their neck: for he has broken the rod of the exactors, as in the day of Madiam.
Isaiah 10:13For he said, I will act in strength, and in the wisdom of my understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and will spoil their strength.
Isaiah 57:15Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, + 57:15 Or, Most Holy.Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:
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 →