Proverbs Chapter 16 verse 19 Holy Bible
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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Better it is to have a gentle spirit with the poor, than to take part in the rewards of war with men of pride.
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Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meek, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the plunder with the proud.
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Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - This verse is connected in thought, as well as verbally, with the preceding. Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly. The Revised Version has, with the poor; but "meek" or "lowly" better contrasts with "proud" of the second clause. Psalm 84:10, "I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." Than to divide the spoil with the proud. To share in the fruits of the operations and pursuits of the proud, and to enjoy their pleasures, a man must cast in his lot with them, uudergo their risks and anxieties, and participate in the crimes by which they gain their wealth. The result of such association was told in ver. 18. The Germans express the connection between abundance and folly by the terse apothegm, "Voll, toll;" "Full, fool." Septuagint, "Better is the man of gentle mind with humility, than he who divideth spoil with the violent."