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Proverbs 12:9 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 12 · verse 9
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- honourethkâbadto be heavyH3513 →
- despisedqâlâhto be light , but figuratively, only in contempt)H7034 →
- servantʻebeda servantH5650 →
- lackethchâçêrlackingH2638 →
- betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
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Note, 1. It is the folly of some that they covet to make a great figure abroad, take place, and take state, as persons of quality, and yet want necessaries at home, and, if their debts were paid, would not be worth a morsel of bread, nay, perhaps, pinch their bellies to put it on their backs, that they may appear very…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary