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Proverbs 16:19
19Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.
Proverbs 16:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Better to live humbly with the poor than to share plunder with the proud.
Context of Proverbs 16:19
17The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives. 18Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. 20Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord. 21The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction.
Read all of Proverbs 16Proverbs 16:19 word by word
ט֣וֹב שְׁפַל־ר֭וּחַ אֶת־עֲנָוִ֑ים מֵֽחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁ֝לָ֗ל אֶת־גֵּאִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 16:19
- Psalms 34:18The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
- Psalms 138:6Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly; though lofty, he sees them from afar.
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 1:51He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
- Luke 18:13“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
- Exodus 15:9The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’
- Isaiah 9:3You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder.
- Isaiah 10:6I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
- Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Commentaries on Proverbs 16:19
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19Verse 19 Humility, though it exposes to contempt in the world, is much better than high-spiritedness, which makes God an enemy. He that understands God's word shall find good.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-1918-19. (Compare Pr 15:33). Haughtiness and pride imply self-confidence which produces carelessness, and hence a fall--literally, "sliding."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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