Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Proverbs 16:19 in English Standard Version "It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud." Ex 15:9 The enemy said, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’ Pr 29:23 One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor. Isa 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.