Proverbs 16:19
It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
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Cross references
- Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Psalm 138:6 Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.
- Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.