Proverbs 12:9
Better is a pauper who has what he needs, than someone glorious and in need of bread.
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In Context
8A man will be known by his doctrine. But whoever is vain and heartless will suffer contempt.
10The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:7One is like the rich, though he has nothing. And another is like the poor, though he has many riches.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:9
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. We are here told whence to expect a good name. Reputation is what most have a high regard to and stand much upon. Now it is certain, 1. The best reputation is that which attends virtue and serious piety, and the prudent conduct of life: A man shall be commended by all that are wise and good, in conformity to the judgment of God himself, which we are sure is according to truth, not according to his riches or… Read the whole commentary →