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Proverbs 19:10
Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 19:10 · New Heart English Bible
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Proverbs 19:10 in other translations
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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In context
7 All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
10 Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife's quarrels are a continual dripping.
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