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 servant about the house, than he that honoreth himself and lacketh bread, his pride of birth or caste keeping him from honest work.
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Proverbs 12:9
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.