Proverbs 19:10
Fine things are not fitting for the foolish, nor is it fitting for a servant to rule over princes.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
In Context
9A false witness shall not go unpunished. And whoever speaks lies will perish.
11The doctrine of a man is known through patience. And his glory is to pass beyond iniquities.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.
2 Samuel 3:39But I am still tender, and yet anointed king. And these men of the sons of Zeruiah are too harsh for me. May the Lord repay whoever does evil in accord with his malice.”
Proverbs 17:7Well-chosen words are not fitting for the foolish, nor are lying lips fitting for a leader.
Proverbs 30:21By three things, the earth is moved, and a fourth it is not able to sustain:
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, proceeding from the presence of a prince, as if by mistake:
Isaiah 3:5And the people will rush, man against man, and each one against his neighbor. The child shall rebel against the elder, and the ignoble against the noble.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:10
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. Here is, 1. A repetition of what was said before ( v. 5 ), for we have need to be again and again warned of the danger of the sin of lying and false-witness-bearing, since nothing is of more fatal consequence. 2. An addition to it in one word; there it was said, He that speaks lies shall not escape, and intimated that he shall be punished. Here it is said, His punishment shall be such as will be his destruction: he shall perish; the… Read the whole commentary →