Proverbs 12:9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food.

Cross References

Luke 14:11

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

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;

Proverbs 12:8

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

Proverbs 12:10

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