Proverbs 16:19

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It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
  • Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said,‘I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.’
  • Ps 34:18 : 18 The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.
  • Ps 138:6 : 6 Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.
  • Prov 29:23 : 23 A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.
  • Isa 9:3 : 3 You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.
  • Isa 10:6 : 6 I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
  • Isa 10:13-15 : 13 For he says:“By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers. 14 My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest, as one gathers up abandoned eggs, I gathered up the whole earth. There was no wing flapping, or open mouth chirping.” 15 Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!
  • Isa 53:12 : 12 So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
  • Luke 1:51-53 : 51 He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts. 52 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty.
  • Luke 18:13-14 : 13 The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said,‘God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!’ 14 I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A person’s pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor.

  • Prov 11:2
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    2After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • Prov 15:16
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    16Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth and turmoil with it.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9Better is a person of humble standing who works for himself, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Prov 25:7
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    7for it is better for him to say to you,“Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

  • Matt 23:12
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    12And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

  • Isa 2:11-12
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    11Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

    12Indeed, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud– they will be humiliated;

  • Prov 13:10
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    10With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

  • Prov 16:20
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    20The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.

  • Jas 1:9
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    9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

  • Prov 22:4
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    4The reward for humility and fearing the LORD is riches and honor and life.

  • Prov 16:5
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    5The LORD abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished.

  • Jas 4:10
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    10Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

  • Eccl 7:8
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    8The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

  • Prov 15:33
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    33The fear of the LORD provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility.

  • Prov 3:34-35
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    34With arrogant scoffers he is scornful, yet he shows favor to the humble.

    35The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

  • Luke 14:11
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    11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  • Ps 138:6
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    6Though the LORD is exalted, he looks after the lowly, and humbles the proud from far away.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Job 40:12
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    12Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot!

  • Rom 12:16
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    16Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.

  • Jas 4:6
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    6But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says,“God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

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    29Someone with great understanding is slow to anger, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly.

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    2I will boast in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice!

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    32Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.

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    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Jer 13:15
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    15Then I said to the people of Judah,“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the LORD has spoken.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24A proud and arrogant person, whose name is“Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

  • Prov 15:25
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    25The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Prov 16:16
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    16How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver.

  • Ps 131:1
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    1A song of ascents, by David. O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

  • Ps 10:10
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    10His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

  • Eccl 10:6
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    6Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.

  • Isa 2:17
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    17Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

  • Ps 49:2
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    2Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor!

  • Job 22:29
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    29When people are brought low and you say‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast;

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    11he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety.

  • Prov 21:4
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    4Haughty eyes and a proud heart– what the wicked cultivate is sin.