Proverbs 19:10
Delight does not suit a fool, nor is it seemly if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness.
Brenton Septuagint
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 be unpunished; and whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry + 25:36 Gr. upon him.within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.
2 Samuel 3:39And that I am this day a mere kinsman of his, and as it were + 3:39 Gr. appointed by a king.a subject; but these men the sons of Saruia are too hard for me: the Lord reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.
Proverbs 17:7Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.
Isaiah 3:5And the people shall fall, man upon man, and every man upon his neighbour: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honourable.
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 →