Proverbs 19:10
Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.
Young's Literal Translation
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 is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
11The wisdom of a man hath deferred his anger, And his glory [is] to pass over transgression.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal [is] glad within him, and he [is] drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.
2 Samuel 3:39and I to-day [am] tender, and an anointed king: and these men, sons of Zeruiah, [are] too hard for me; Jehovah doth recompense to the doer of the evil according to his evil.'
Proverbs 17:7Not comely for a fool is a lip of excellency, Much less for a noble a lip of falsehood.
Proverbs 30:21For three things hath earth been troubled, And for four — it is not able to bear:
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,
Isaiah 3:5And the people hath exacted — man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.
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 →