Proverbs 12:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ Better to be despised and have produce than to be self-important and lack food.

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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 know the needs of their animals, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Proverbs 12:8

One is commended for good sense, but a perverse mind is despised.

Proverbs 13:7

Some pretend to be rich yet have nothing; others pretend to be poor yet have great wealth.

Matthew 15:8

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me;

Luke 14:11

For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”