Proverbs 16:19
Better is lowliness of spirit, with the patient, than a portion of spoil, with the proud.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
18Before grievous injury, pride! and, before a fall, haughtiness of spirit!
Cross References
Psalms 34:18Near is Yahweh, to the broken in heart, And, the crushed in spirit, will he save.
Proverbs 25:7For better it be said to thee, Come up hither,—than that thou be put lower down before a noble, whom thine own eyes, have beheld.
Isaiah 9:3Thou hast increased the exultation Thou hast made great the joy,—They joy before thee, according to the joy of harvest, As men exult when they distribute spoil.
Isaiah 10:13For he hath said—By the strength of mine own hand, have I effectually wrought, And by my wisdom—for I have discernment,—That I might remove the bounds of peoples, Yea their treasures, have I plundered That I might lay prostrate as a mighty one the inhabitants;
Isaiah 57:15For, thus, saith he that is high and lifted up—Inhabiting futurity, And, holy, is his name: A high and holy place, will I inhabit, Also with the crushed and lowly in spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, and To revive the heart of them who are crushed;—
Luke 1:51He hath wrought strength with his arm, He hath scattered men arrogant in the intention of their heart;
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 →