Proverbs 16:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 Egypt said, I will go after them, I will overtake, I will make division of their goods: my desire will have its way with them; my sword will be uncovered, my hand will send destruction on them.
  • Ps 34:18 : 18 The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.
  • Isa 9:3 : 3 You have made them very glad, increasing their joy. They are glad before you as men are glad in the time of getting in the grain, or when they make division of the goods taken in war.
  • Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
  • Isa 10:13-15 : 13 For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them; 14 And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound. 15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
  • Isa 53:12 : 12 For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
  • Luke 1:51-53 : 51 With his arm he has done acts of power; he has put to flight those who have pride in their hearts. 52 He has put down kings from their seats, lifting up on high the men of low degree. 53 Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;
  • Luke 18:13-14 : 13 The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner. 14 I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

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  • Prov 16:18
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    18Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour.

  • Prov 11:2
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    2When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great wealth together with trouble.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 25:7
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    7For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

  • Matt 23:12
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    12And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.

  • Isa 2:11-12
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    11The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

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  • Prov 13:10
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    10The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20He who gives attention to the law of right will get good; and whoever puts his faith in the Lord is happy.

  • Jas 1:9
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    9But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;

  • Prov 22:4
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    4The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

  • Prov 16:5
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    5Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

  • Jas 4:10
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    10Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

  • Eccl 7:8
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    8The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

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    33The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

  • Prov 3:34-35
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    34He makes sport of the men of pride, but he gives grace to the gentle-hearted.

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  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

  • Luke 14:11
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    11For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

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