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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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to be.
Psa. 34:18• 18Jehovah [is] nigh unto the broken in heart{HR}And he saveth the contrite in spirit. (Psa. 34:18)
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Psa. 138:6• 6For Jehovah [is] exalted, yet he seeth the lowly,{HR}And the proud he knoweth from afar. (Psa. 138:6)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [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 the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens. (Matt. 5:3)
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Luke 1:51‑53• 51He hath wrought strength with his arm; he hath scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.
 52He hath put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
 53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent the rich empty away. (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 was striking upon his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me the sinner.
 14I say unto you, this [man] went down to his house justified rather than that [other]; for everyone who exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:13‑14)
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Ex. 15:9• 9{i}The enemy said, I will pursue,{HR}I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;{HR}My soul shall be sated upon them;{HR}I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.{HR}{/i} (Ex. 15:9)
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Isa. 9:3• 3Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee as with the joy of harvest, as they 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 prudent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have put 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.
 15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him that 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 poured out his soul unto death, and was numbered 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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aBetter [is it to be] a humble spirit with the poor,{HR}Thanb to divide the spoil with the strong.

WK Translation Notes

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a
Or, meek.
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Or, proud.