Proverbs 19:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁰ Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ Delight is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool–much less for a slave to rule over princes.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Luxury isn’t fitting for a fool; even less so for a servant to rule over princes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Fine things are not fitting for the foolish, nor is it fitting for a servant to rule over princes.

Proverbs 19:10 Cross References

Proverbs 26:1

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour is not seemly for a fool.

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Luke 16:23

And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Luke 16:19

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

Hosea 9:1

Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved hire upon every cornfloor.

Isaiah 3:5

And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.

Esther 3:15

The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace: and the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

2 Samuel 3:39

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD reward the wicked doer according to his wickedness.

1 Samuel 25:36

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech becometh not a fool: Much less do lying lips a prince.