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Proverbs 16

Prov. 16:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
it is to be of an humble
shaphal (Hebrew #8217)
depressed, literally or figuratively
KJV usage: base(-st), humble, low(-er, -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-fawl'
Origin: from 8213
spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
with the lowly
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
`anav (Hebrew #6035)
from 6031; depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
KJV usage: humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare 6041.
Pronounce: aw-nawv'
Origin: or (by intermixture with 6041) Aanayv {aw-nawv'}
, than to divide
chalaq (Hebrew #2505)
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
KJV usage: deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-)part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
the spoil
shalal (Hebrew #7998)
booty
KJV usage: prey, spoil.
Pronounce: shaw-lawl'
Origin: from 7997
with the proud
ge'eh (Hebrew #1343)
lofty; figuratively, arrogant
KJV usage: proud.
Pronounce: gay-eh'
Origin: from 1342
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 34:18• 18Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit. (Psa. 34:18)
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Psa. 138:6• 6For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off. (Psa. 138:6)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Matt. 5:3• 3Blessed are the poor in spirit, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:3)
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Luke 1:51‑53• 51He has wrought strength with his arm; he has scattered haughty ones in the thought of their heart.
 52He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
 53He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty. (Luke 1:51‑53)
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Luke 18:13‑14• 13And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner.
 14I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than that other. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:13‑14)
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Ex. 15:9• 9The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them. (Ex. 15:9)
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Isa. 9:3• 3Thou hast multiplied the nation, hast increased its joy: they joy before thee like to the joy in harvest; as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. (Isa. 9:3)
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Isa. 10:6,13‑15• 6I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit on thrones;
 14and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.
 15--Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up him who is not wood! (Isa. 10:6,13‑15)
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Isa. 53:12• 12Therefore will I assign him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong: because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isa. 53:12)
• Far better is it to be little in one’s own eyes, and to find happy fellowship with the lowly, than to share the pursuits and treasures of the proud in spirit. (“Proverbs Sixteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the meeka, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "afflicted," as ch. 14.21.