Proverbs 16:19

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble
than to divide plunder with the proud.

Exodus 15:9

The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”

For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
He saves those crushed in spirit.

Psalm 138:6

Though the Lord is exalted,
He takes note of the humble;
but He knows the haughty from a distance.

Proverbs 29:23

A person’s pride will humble him,
but a humble spirit will gain honor.

Isaiah 9:3

You have enlarged the nation
and increased its joy.
The people have rejoiced before You
as they rejoice at harvest time
and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a godless nation;
I will command him to go
against a people destined for My rage,
to take spoils, to plunder,
and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

Isaiah 10:13-15

For he said:

I have done this by my own strength
and wisdom, for I am clever.
I abolished the borders of nations
and plundered their treasures;
like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.

Isaiah 53:12

Therefore I will give Him the many as a portion,
and He will receive the mighty as spoil,
because He submitted Himself to death,
and was counted among the rebels;
yet He bore the sin of many
and interceded for the rebels.

Matthew 5:3

“The poor in spirit are blessed,
for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Luke 1:51-53

He has done a mighty deed with His arm;
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;

Luke 18:13-14

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Proverbs 16:19

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

To be

Than

General references

Matthew 23:12

Bible References

To be

The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
He saves those crushed in spirit.

Though the Lord is exalted,
He takes note of the humble;
but He knows the haughty from a distance.

“The poor in spirit are blessed,

for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

He has done a mighty deed with His arm;
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest

and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me

—a sinner!’

Than

The enemy said:
“I will pursue, I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil.
My desire will be gratified at their expense.
I will draw my sword;
my hand will destroy them.”

You have enlarged the nation
and increased its joy.

The people have rejoiced before You
as they rejoice at harvest time
and as they rejoice when dividing spoils.

I will send him against a godless nation;
I will command him to go
against a people destined for My rage,
to take spoils, to plunder,
and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

General references

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.