(A)Better is the one who is [a]slighted but has a servant,
Than he who honors himself but lacks bread.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:9 lightly esteemed

In that day he will protest, saying,
“I cannot cure your ills,
For in my house is neither food nor clothing;
Do not make me a ruler of the people.”

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