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Proverbs 16:19

19  nIt is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor

than to odivide the spoil with the proud.

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Proverbs 16:19 — The New International Version (NIV)

19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed

than to share plunder with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly,

Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — New Living Translation (NLT)

19 Better to live humbly with the poor

than to share plunder with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,

Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — New Century Version (NCV)

19 It is better to be humble and be with those who suffer

than to share stolen property with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — American Standard Version (ASV)

19 Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,

Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 16:19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

19 Better to be humble with lowly people 

than to share stolen goods with arrogant people. 

Proverbs 16:19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble

than to divide plunder with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor

than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19 Better a lowly spirit with the poor

than dividing the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

19 Suppose you are lowly in spirit and are with those who are beaten down.

That’s better than sharing stolen goods with those who are proud.

Proverbs 16:19 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

19 It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly

Than to divide the spoil with the proud.


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