Proverbs 16:19

In 11 translations

BSB

It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.

KJV

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

WEB

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

ASV

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

LSV

Better is humility of spirit with the poor, || Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

YLT

Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

Better it is to be of humble minde with the lowly, then to deuide the spoyles with the proude.

JPS

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the humble, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

LXXE

Better is a meek-spirited man with lowliness, than one who divides spoils with the proud.Or, affliction.

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Original-language editions

WLC

ט֣וֹב שְׁפַל־ר֭וּחַ אֶת־עניים מֵֽחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁ֝לָ֗ל אֶת־גֵּאִֽים׃Read aloud as (qere): עֲנָוִ֑ים

LXX-Br

Κρείσσων πρᾳΰθυμος μετὰ ταπεινώσεως, ἢ ὃς διαιρεῖται σκῦλα μετὰ ὑβριστῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Psalms 138:6Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
• Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive…
• Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
• Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
• Luke 18:13–14But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went…
• Luke 1:51–53He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. He has filled the hungry with…
• Isaiah 53:12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many…
• Isaiah 9:3You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
• Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
• Isaiah 10:13–15For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers. My hand…
• Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

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