Proverbs 12:9
King James VersionSource notes
“despised, and hath a servant, better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.”
Context
6The words of the wicked to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7The wicked are overthrown, and not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9despised, and hath a servant, better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10A righteous regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked cruel.
11He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain void of understanding.
12The wicked desireth the net of evil but the root of the righteous yieldeth