Proverbs 16:19

Who will spoil and rob others to maintain their own pomp and luxury.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms ( Proverbs 16:10-15 ) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lowly . wretched. Hebrew. 'anah. See note on Proverbs 6:11 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. Better it is to be of an humble spirit with t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-9. God's control of human life.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balanc...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mer...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 16:1 . A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is depend...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine s...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. Ver. 19. Better it is to be of a humble spirit....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. This is a paradox which the chi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Wisdom Is To Be Sought And Pride Must Be Avoided By The One Who Would Walk In The Right Way With Trust In YHWH ( Proverbs 16:16-21 ). In this subs...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 16:18 . “The Hebrews observe that this verse stands exactly in the centre of the whole book” (Fausset). Proverbs 16...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must b...
The Biblical Illustrator

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. The character and conduct of the lowly under affl...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 16:1-20 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Proverbs 16:1 The Authorized...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 19. Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, to abide with those who are in trouble, content to lead a life of obscurity, than to...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 15:9 ; Isaiah 10:13-15 ; Isaiah 10:6 ; Isaiah 53:12 ; Isaiah 57:15 ; Isaiah 9:3 ; Luke 1:51-53 ; Luke 18:13 ; Luke 18:14 ; Matthew 5...

¹⁹ Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 16:19

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 16:19