Proverbs 12:9

Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispising.

10A iust man knowith the soulis of hise werk beestis; but the entrailis of wickid men ben cruel.

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:7A man is as riche, whanne he hath no thing; and a man is as pore, whanne he is in many richessis.

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