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Proverbs 12:8-9
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8 A sensible person wins admiration,
    but a warped mind is despised.

9 Better to be an ordinary person with a servant
    than to be self-important but have no food.

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Proverbs 12:8-9
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8 A person is praised according to their prudence,
    and one with a warped(A) mind is despised.

9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
    than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

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