Proverbs 19:10
It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— 1 much less for a slave to rule over princes. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 will not go unpunished, 1 but the one who breathes out lies will perish. 1
11Discretion makes a person slow to anger 1 and it is his glory to overlook an offense. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36Abigail went back to Nabal; behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.
2 Samuel 3:39Now I am weak today, though I am an anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too brutal for me. May Yahweh repay the evildoer by punishing him for his wickedness, as he deserves.”
Proverbs 17:7Eloquent speech is not suitable for a fool; 1 much less are lying lips suitable for royalty. 1
Proverbs 30:21Under three things the earth trembles, 1 and under four it cannot bear up: 1
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, 2 a kind of error that comes from a ruler: 1
Isaiah 3:5The people will be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor; 1 the child will insult the elderly, and the degraded will challenge the honorable. 1
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 →