Proverbs 12:9Berean Standard Bible
Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
Related Verses
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
Genesis 4:13
But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 9:25
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
Genesis 9:26
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
Genesis 9:27
May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”