Proverbs 12:9

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

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

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

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

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

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