Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
General references
Bible References
To be
Psalm 34:18
Near is Yahweh, to the broken in heart, And, the crushed in spirit, will he save.
Psalm 138:6
Though lofty is Yahweh, yet, the lowly, he regardeth, but, the haughty - afar off, doth he acknowledge.
Isaiah 57:15
For, thus, saith he that is high and lifted up - Inhabiting futurity, And, holy, is his name: A high and holy place, will I inhabit, Also with the crushed and lowly in spirit, To revive the spirit of the lowly, and To revive the heart of them who are crushed; -
Matthew 5:3
Happy, the destitute, in spirit; for, theirs, is the kingdom of the heavens;
Luke 1:51
He hath wrought strength with his arm, He hath scattered men arrogant in the intention of their heart;
Luke 18:13
But, the tax-collector, afar off, standing, - would not so much as lift up, his eyes, unto heaven, but kept smiting his own breast saying - O God! be propitiated unto me, the sinner!
Than
Exodus 15:9
Said the fee - I will pursue - overtake divide spoil, - Take her fill of them - shall my soul, I will bare my sword, root them out - shall my hand.
Isaiah 9:3
Thou hast increased the exultation Thou hast made great the joy, - They joy before thee, according to the joy of harvest, As men exult when they distribute spoil.
Isaiah 10:6
Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him, - To capture spoil And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes.
Isaiah 53:12
Therefore, will I give him a portion in the great, And the strong, shall he apportion as spoil, Because he poured out, to death his own soul, And with transgressors, let himself be numbered, - Yea, he, the sin of Many, bare, And for transgressors, interposeth.
General references
Matthew 23:12
And, whoever shall exalt himself, shall be, abased, and, whoever shall abase himself, shall be, exalted,