Quick answer
Given the choice between a low seat among the humble and a share of winnings among the proud, take the low seat.
Read both lines
The temptation is staged honestly: dividing the spoil, the footnote reads "plunder," is the winners' table at the moment the winnings are handed out. Against it, a humble spirit among the lowly: no table, no applause. The placement does half the work: v. 18 has just explained that the proud are walking ahead of a fall, so joining their table means boarding a vehicle the previous verse watched drive toward a cliff. The lowly hold the ground the book keeps promising: the LORD gives grace to the humble (3:34). Choose your table by its trajectory, not its menu.
Related: Proverbs 3:34 · Psalm 84:10 · Luke 14:8–11
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