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Selected Verse: Proverbs 16:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 16:19 |
Strong Concordance |
Better [02896] it is to be of an humble [08217] spirit [07307] with the lowly [06035] [06041], than to divide [02505] the spoil [07998] with the proud [01343]. |
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King James |
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| divide the spoil--that is, conquer. Avoid the society of the proud (Jam 4:6). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
19 Better in humility to dwell among sufferers,
Than to divide spoil among the proud.
The form שׁפל is here not adj. as Pro 29:23 (from שׁפל, like חסר, Pro 6:32, from חסר), but inf. (like Ecc 12:14, and חסר, defectio, 10:21). There existed here also no proper reason for changing עניּים (Chethı̂b) into ענוים; Hitzig is right in saying that עני may also be taken in the sense of ענו [the idea "sufferer" is that which mediates], and that here the inward fact of humility and the outward of dividing spoil, stand opposed to one another. It is better to live lowly, i.e., with a mind devoid of earthly pride (Demut [humility] comes from do with the deep e, diu, servant), among men who have experience of the vanity of earthly joys, than, intoxicated with pride, to enjoy oneself amid worldly wealth and greatness (cf. Isa 9:2). |
6 But [1161] he giveth [1325] more [3187] grace [5485]. Wherefore [1352] he saith [3004], God [2316] resisteth [498] the proud [5244], but [1161] giveth [1325] grace [5485] unto the humble [5011].
2 The people [05971] that walked [01980] in darkness [02822] have seen [07200] a great [01419] light [0216]: they that dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of the shadow of death [06757], upon them hath the light [0216] shined [05050].
14 For God [0430] shall bring [0935] every work [04639] into judgment [04941], with every secret thing [05956], whether it be good [02896], or whether it be evil [07451].
32 But whoso committeth adultery [05003] with a woman [0802] lacketh [02638] understanding [03820]: he that doeth [06213] it destroyeth [07843] his own soul [05315].
23 A man's [0120] pride [01346] shall bring him low [08213]: but honour [03519] shall uphold [08551] the humble [08217] in spirit [07307].