Proverbs 12:9 - Easy To Read Version It is better to be a person who is not important but works hard than to be a person who pretends to be important but has no food. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Better is he who is lightly esteemed but works for his own support than he who assumes honor for himself and lacks bread. American Standard Version (1901) Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread. Common English Bible Better to be held in low regard and have a servant than to be conceited and lack food. Catholic Public Domain Version Better is a pauper who has what he needs, than someone glorious and in need of bread. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread. |
Some people act like they are rich, but they have nothing. Other people act like they are poor, but they are really rich.
‘These people say they honor me,\par but they don’t really make me\par an important part of their lives.\par
Every person that makes himself important will be made humble. But the person that makes himself humble will be made important.”