Proverbs 16:19

The Scriptures 1998

Better to be lowly in spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Cross References

Psalm 138:6

Though יהוה  is exalted, He looks on the humble; But the proud He perceives from a distance.

Psalm 34:18

יהוה  is near to the broken-hearted, And saves those whose spirit is crushed.

Exodus 15:9

“The enemy said, ‘I pursue, I overtake, I divide the spoil, my being is satisfied on them. I draw out my sword, my hand destroys them.’

Proverbs 1:13

“Let us find all precious goods, Let us fill our houses with spoil.

Proverbs 1:14

“Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse,”

Proverbs 25:7

For it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,” Than that you should be put lower Before a noble whom your eyes have seen.

Proverbs 29:23

The pride of man brings him low, But the humble in spirit obtains esteem.

Proverbs 3:34

He certainly scoffs the scoffers, But gives favour to the humble.

Isaiah 10:6

“Against a defiled nation I send him, and against the people of My wrath I command him to seize the spoil, to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mud of the streets.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I give Him a portion among the great, and He divides the spoil with the strong, because He poured out His being unto death, and He was counted with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.

Isaiah 9:3

You shall increase the nation; You shall make its joy great. They shall rejoice before You, as in the joy of harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

Judges 5:30

‘Do they not find and divide the spoil: a girl or two for each man; a spoil of dyed work for Sisera, a spoil of dyed work embroidered, dyed work richly embroidered for the necks of the looter?’