Proverbs 16:19

“divide the spoil--that is, conquer. Avoid the society of the proud (Jam 4:6).”

“to be: Psa 34:18, Psa 138:6; Isa 57:15; Mat 5:3; Luk 1:51-53, Luk 18:13, Luk 18:14 than: Exo 15:9; Isa 9:3, Isa 10:6, Isa 10:13-15, Isa 53:12 Proverbs 16:20”

“19 Better in humility to dwell among sufferers, Than to divide spoil among the proud. The form שׁפל is here not adj. as Pro 29:23 (from שׁפל, like חסר, Pro 6:32, from חסר), but inf. (like Ecc 12:14, and חסר, defectio, 10:21). There existed here also no proper reason for changing עניּים (Chethı̂b) into ענוים; Hitzig is right in saying that עני may also be taken in the sense of ענו \[the idea "sufferer" is that which mediates\], and that here the inward fact of humility and the outward of dividing spoil, stand opposed to one another. It is better to live lowly, i.e., with a mind devoid of earthly pride (Demut \[humility\] comes from do with the deep e, diu, servant), among men who have…”