Proverbs 19:10
Delight is not suitable for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Updated King James Version
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 speaks lies shall perish.
11The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
2 Samuel 3:39And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Proverbs 30:21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler:
Isaiah 3:5And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base 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 →