THEOSISProverbs 16:19Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.
ט֣וֹב שְׁפַל־ר֭וּחַ אֶת־עניים עֲנָוִ֑ים מֵֽחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁ֝לָ֗ל אֶת־גֵּאִֽים׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Isa 57:15For thus saith the High and the Eminent that inhabiteth eternity: and his name is Holy, who dwelleth in the high and holy place, and with a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Ps 138 (137):6
- Ps 34 (33):18
- Ex 15:9The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.
- Isa 53:12Therefore will I distribute to him very many, and he shall divide the spoils of the strong, because he hath delivered his soul unto death, and was reputed with the wicked: and he hath borne the sins of many, and hath prayed for the transgressors.
- Luke 1:51He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
- Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.