Proverbs 19:10
Luxury is not seemly for a fool; Much less should a servant have rule over princes.
Noyes Bible
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 he that speaketh lies shall perish.
11A man of understanding is slow to anger; Yea, it is his glory to pass over an offence.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech becometh not the base; How much less lying lips the noble!
Proverbs 30:21Under three things is the earth disquieted; Yea, under four it cannot bear up:
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun; an error which proceedeth from a ruler.
Isaiah 3:5And the people shall oppress one another, Man striving against man, and neighbor against neighbor; The boy shall behave himself insolently toward the aged, And the base toward 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 →