Proverbs 16:19
It is better to be humble among poor people 1 than to divide the spoil with proud people. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 comes before destruction 1 and a haughty spirit before a downfall. 1
Cross References
Psalms 34:18Yahweh is close to the brokenhearted, 1 and he saves those who are crushed in spirit. 1
Proverbs 25:7It is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” 1 than for him to humiliate you before a nobleman. 1 What you have witnessed, 1
Isaiah 9:3You have multiplied the nation; you have increased their joy. 1 They rejoice before you like the joy at harvest time, 1 as men rejoice when they divide the plunder. 1
Isaiah 10:13For he says, 1 “By my strength and by my wisdom I acted. I have understanding, 1 and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples. I have stolen their treasures, 1 and like a bull I have brought down the inhabitants. 1
Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and elevated One says, who lives eternally, whose name is holy, 1 “I live in the exalted and holy place, with him also that is of a crushed and humble spirit, 1 to revive the spirit of the humble ones, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 1
Luke 1:51He has displayed strength with his arm; 1 he has scattered those who were proud about the thoughts of their hearts. 1
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 →