Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool,
much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 19:10 in context
Proverbs 19:7–13
7
All the relatives of the poor shun him;
how much more do his friends avoid him!
He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
8
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul.
He who keeps understanding shall find good.
9
A false witness shall not be unpunished.
He who utters lies shall perish.
10
Selected verse
Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool,
much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger.
It is his glory to overlook an offense.
12
The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13
A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
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