Proverbs 12:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Proverbs 12:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 14:11
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Proverbs 13:7
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

Topics

Ambition Arrogance Bondage Bondman Capital and Labor Conceit Diligence Employer

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9)

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 gay, because fine feathers make fine birds. 2. The condition and character of th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

9. despised--held in little repute, obscure (1Sa 18:23; Is 3:5). hath a servant--implying some means of honest living. honoureth himself--is self-conceited.