Proverbs 12:7-9
Expanded Bible
7 Wicked people ·die [are overturned] and they are no more,
but a ·good [righteous] person’s ·family [L house] ·continues [endures].
8 The ·wisdom [insight] of the wise wins praise,
but there is ·no respect [shame] for the ·stupid [warped; distressed mind/heart].
9 A person who is ·not important [belittled; of low regard; ordinary] but has a servant is better off
than someone who ·acts [or is thought] ·important [honorable] but has no food.
Proverbs 12:7-9
21st Century King James Version
7 The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9 He that is lowly and hath a servant is better off than he that honoreth himself and lacketh bread.
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