Proverbs 12:9

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Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.

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A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of perverse mind is despised.

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

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”