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Proverbs 12:9-11
English Standard Version
Proverbs 12:9-11
English Standard Version
9 Better to be lowly and have a servant
than to play the great man and lack bread.
10 (A)Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast,
but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
11 (B)Whoever works his land (C)will have plenty of bread,
(D)but he who follows (E)worthless pursuits lacks sense.
Proverbs 12:9-11
New International Version
Proverbs 12:9-11
New International Version
9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals,(A)
but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
11 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.(B)
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