Proverbs 12:9
“Hee that is despised and hath a seruant, is better then he that honoureth himselfe, and lacketh bread.”
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Proverbs 12:9 Context
7The wicked are ouerthrowen, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. 8A man shall be commended according to his wisedome: but hee that is of a peruerse heart, shall be despised. 9Hee that is despised and hath a seruant, is better then he that honoureth himselfe, and lacketh bread. 10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruell. 11Hee that tilleth his land, shall bee satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vaine persons, is void of vnderstanding.
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[He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
- King James Version
Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
- New American Standard Version (1995)