Cross references

Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble

than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:19 BSB

Proverbs 16:19 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 5:3 (10 votes) and Psalm 138:6 (6 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Exodus 15 to 1 Timothy 3.

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Which verses does Proverbs 16:19 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Matthew 5:310 votes

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

  2. Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

  3. 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.

  4. The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

  5. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

  6. Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

  7. He has performed mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble. …

  8. But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

  9. A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

  10. Isaiah 9:32 votes

    You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

Which verses point to Proverbs 16:19?

The 10 strongest of 15.