Proverbs 16:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁹ Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Better to be humble with the needy than to divide plunder with the proud.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the arrogant.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 Cross References

Psalm 138:6

For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

Psalm 34:18

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil: My lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.

Proverbs 1:13

We shall find all precious substance, We shall fill our houses with spoil;

Proverbs 1:14

Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

Proverbs 25:7

For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low: But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honour.

Proverbs 3:34

Surely he scorneth the scorners, But he giveth grace unto the lowly.

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 9:3

Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Judges 5:30

Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? a damsel, two damsels to every man; to Sisera a spoil of divers colours, a spoil of divers colours of embroidery, of divers colours of embroidery on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?