Proverbs 12:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ Better to be lightly esteemed and have a servant, Than the highly esteemed who lacks bread.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Better is he who is lightly esteemed but works for his own support than he who assumes honor for himself and lacks bread.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

Common English Bible

⁹ Better to be held in low regard and have a servant than to be conceited and lack food.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Better is a pauper who has what he needs, than someone glorious and in need of bread.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

Proverbs 12:9 Cross References

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous regards the life of his beast, But the compassion of the wrong is cruelty.

Proverbs 12:8

A man is praised according to his wisdom, But the perverted of heart becomes despised.

Proverbs 13:7

There is one who makes himself rich, Yet has none at all. And one who makes himself poor, Yet has great riches.

Matthew 15:8

‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

Luke 14:11

For everyone who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.