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Proverbs 16:19

It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Melius est humiliari cum mitibus quam dividere spolia cum superbis.
Septuagint (Swete)
κρείσσων πρᾳύθυμος μετὰ ταπεινώσεως ἢ ὃς διαιρεῖται σκῦλα μετὰ ὑβριστῶν.
Hebrew (WLC)
ט֣וֹב שְׁפַל ר֭וּחַ אֶת עניים מֵֽחַלֵּ֥ק שָׁ֝לָ֗ל אֶת גֵּאִֽים