Proverbs 12:9

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It is better to appear unimportant and have a servant than to pretend to be important and have no food.

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Everyone who makes themselves important will be made humble. But everyone who makes themselves humble will be made important.”

Some people pretend they are rich, but they have nothing. Others pretend they are poor, but they are really rich.

‘These people honor me with their words, but I am not really important to them.

You praise people for their intelligence, but no one respects those who are stupid.

Good people take good care of their animals, but the wicked know only how to be cruel.