Proverbs 16:19
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly , than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly,.... The followers of the meek and lowly Jesus, whose spirits are humbled under a sense of sin; have mean thoughts of themselves and their own…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
This is a paradox which the children of this world cannot understand and will not subscribe to, that it is better to be poor and humble than to be rich and proud. 1. Those that divide the spoil are…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the lowly Rather, poor, R.V. Better humble and poor than proud and rich.
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