Bible verse
Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
Proverbs 19:10 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 19.
6 Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
7 All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.
8 He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.
9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
14 Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
KJV
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
ASV
Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
ERV
Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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