Proverbs 19:10
Unseemly for a dullard, is delicate living, how much more for, a servant, to bear rule over princes.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall perish.
11The discretion of a man, deferreth his anger, and, his adorning, is to pass over transgression.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply,—so she told him nothing—less or more, until the light of the morning.
2 Samuel 3:39And, I myself, this day, am weak, though anointed king, but, these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I: Yahweh repay, the doer of wickedness, according to his wickedness.
Proverbs 17:7Unseemly in an unworthy man, is the lip of excellence, much more, in one of noble mind, the lip of falsehood.
Proverbs 30:21Under three things, a land is stirred, yea, under four, she cannot bear up:
Ecclesiastes 10:5Here was a misfortune I had seen under the sun,—a veritable mistake that was going forth from the presence of one who had power:
Isaiah 3:5And the people will, tyrannise, Every man over his fellow-man, And every man over his friend,—And they will rage The boy against, the elder, And the despised, against, 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 →