Proverbs 12:9 - Easy To Read Version

⁹ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better Than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ 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)

⁹ Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

Common English Bible

⁹ Better to be held in low regard and have a servant than to be conceited and lack food.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ 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

⁹ Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

Proverbs 12:9 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 12:10

A good man cares for his animals. But evil people can’t be kind.

Proverbs 12:8

People praise a wise man. But people don’t respect a stupid person.

Proverbs 13:7

Some people act like they are rich, but they have nothing. Other people act like they are poor, but they are really rich.

Matthew 15:8

‘These people say they honor me,\par but they don’t really make me\par an important part of their lives.\par

Luke 14:11

Every person that makes himself important will be made humble. But the person that makes himself humble will be made important.”