Proverbs 12:9 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 12 · verse 9 · King James Version

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.Proverbs 12:9 · King James Version

Proverbs 12:9 in context

7The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

9He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.