King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 12:9
“[He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 12
7
The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: 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] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10
A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.