Proverbs 12:9

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Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

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

One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

“ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised.

The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.