Proverbs 19:10
Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
World Messianic 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. He who utters lies shall perish.
11The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
2 Samuel 3:39I am weak today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May the LORD reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”
Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.
Proverbs 30:21“For three things the earth trembles, and under four, it can’t bear up:
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
Isaiah 3:5The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the wicked against 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 →