Proverbs 16:19
It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Berean Standard Bible
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 a haughty spirit before a fall.
20Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Proverbs 25:7for it is better that he says to you, “Come up here!” than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
Isaiah 9:3You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
Isaiah 10:13For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
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 →