Proverbs 19:10
Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.
Bible (Bishops')
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 witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.
11A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:7Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.
Proverbs 30:21For three thynges the earth is disquieted, and the fourth may it not abyde.
Ecclesiastes 10:5Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.
Isaiah 3:5And the people shall eche one of them violently oppresse another, and euery one agaynst his neyghbour: The boy shall presume agaynst the elder, and the person of lowe degree agaynst the honorable.
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 →