Proverbs 12:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. ”

Proverbs 12:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Two interpretations are equally tenable; (1) as in the King James Version, He whom men despise, or who is “lowly” in his own eyes (compare 1 Samuel 18:23 ), if he has a slave, i. e., if he is on...
Proverbs 12:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[He that is] despised, (c) and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and is destitute of bread. (c) The poor man that is contemned and yet lives of his own travail.
Proverbs 12:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7 ; Proverbs 12:14 ; Proverbs 12:21 ; Proverbs 12:28 ). Several dea...
Proverbs 12:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He that is despised, and hath . Better to be little noticed and have, &c. better. See note on Proverbs 8:11 .
Proverbs 12:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. He that is despised, and hath a servant - I believe the Vulgate gives the true sense of this...
Proverbs 12:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He that is despised, and hath a servant, &c.— The passage may be understood; "It is better to be in lowliness and obscurity, and to cultivate one's own little heritage, than to want the necessa...
Proverbs 12:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. (He that is) despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and...
Proverbs 12:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. A crown, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 3:11 ; Song of Solomon 8:9 ). In Damascus the bridal crown cons...
Proverbs 12:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He that is despised. — That is, lowly in his eyes and those of others, as David ( 1 Samuel 18:23 ); if “he hath a servant,” that is, if he be in easy circumstances. It has been remarked that “the f...
Proverbs 12:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14 "In the transgression of the L...
Proverbs 12:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 12:9 . That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to mi...
Proverbs 12:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones....
Proverbs 12:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[He that is] despised, and hath a servant ,.... Meaning not the same person as before, but one in mean circumstances of life; and because he has not that substance as others have, at least does not...
Proverbs 12:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 12:9 [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. Ver. 9. Better is he that is despised. ] Viz., Of others, and hath n...
Proverbs 12:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He that is despised That lives in an obscure and mean condition in the world, such being commonly despised by persons of a higher rank; and hath a servant Hath but one servant: or, as the LXX. re...
Proverbs 12:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. Note, 1. It is the folly of some that they covet to make a great figure ab...
Proverbs 12:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That is despised; that liveth in a mean and obscure condition in the world, for such are commonly despised by men of a higher rank. Hath a servant; hath but one servant. Or rather, is servant to...
Proverbs 12:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Righteous Are Compassionate And Hard Working And Will Prosper, While The Unrighteous Are Lacking In Compassion And Slothful And Will Suffer Lack And Be Punished ( Proverbs 12:9-16 ). The first...
Proverbs 12:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:9 . This verse is read in two ways. Zockler reads, “Better is the lowly that serveth himself than he that boasteth and lacketh bread.” Wordsworth agrees with this vie...
Proverbs 12:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath a servant. There are various comments here. He th...
Proverbs 12:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. Domestic modesty and display Vanity, or love of display, is one of the most contemptible an...
Proverbs 12:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive knowledge, especially the...
Proverbs 12:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 9. He that is despised and hath a servant is better, rather, "Better is the lowly that serveth himself," being of small means and not too proud to be found engaged in performing the work of a se...
Proverbs 12:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 14:11 ; Proverbs 13:7
Proverbs 12:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Despised — That lives in a mean condition. Honoureth — That glories in his high birth or gay attire.

Proverbs 12:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 12:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 12:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 12:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 12:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 12:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 12:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 12:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 12:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 12:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes