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

Bible Comments

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 first necessity of an Oriental in only moderate circumstances is a slave.”

He that honoureth himself. — Boasts of his pedigree, it may be, and is all the while starving.

Proverbs 12:9

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