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Proverbs 19:10
10Luxury is not appropriate for a fool — how much less for a slave to rule over princes!
Proverbs 19:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- New International Version (NIV)It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- English Standard Version (ESV)It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Luxury is not fitting for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule over princes.
Context of Proverbs 19:10
8The one who acquires good sense loves himself; one who safeguards understanding finds success. 9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies perishes. Luxury is not appropriate for a fool — how much less for a slave to rule over princes! 11A person’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense. 12A king’s rage is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:10 word by word
לֹֽא־נָאוֶ֣ה לִכְסִ֣יל תַּעֲנ֑וּג אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְעֶ֤בֶד׀ מְשֹׁ֬ל בְּשָׂרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 19:10
- Proverbs 30:21The earth trembles under three things; it cannot bear up under four:
- 1 Samuel 25:36Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal’s heart was cheerful, and he was very drunk, so she didn’t say anything to him until morning light.
- Esther 3:15The couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.
- Isaiah 5:11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of beer, who linger into the evening, inflamed by wine.
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord God of Armies called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.
- Hosea 7:3They please the king with their evil, the princes with their lies.
- Hosea 9:1Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly as the nations do, for you have acted promiscuously, leaving your God. You love the wages of a prostitute on every grain-threshing floor.
- Amos 6:3You dismiss any thought of the evil day and bring in a reign of violence.
- Luke 16:19“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.
- James 4:9Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
- 2 Samuel 3:24Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look here, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he’s getting away.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, an error proceeding from the presence of the ruler:
- Isaiah 3:5The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will act arrogantly toward the old, and the worthless toward the honorable.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Delight is not seemly for a fool - תענוג taanug, splendid or luxurious living, rank, equipage, etc. These sit ill on a fool, though he be by birth a lord. For a servant to have rule over princes - I pity the king who delivers himself into the hands of his own ministers. Such a one loses his character, and cannnot be respected by his subjects, or rather their subjects. But it is still worse when a person of mean extraction is raised to the throne, or to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10“Delight,” high unrestrained enjoyment, is to the “fool” who lacks wisdom but a temptation and a snare. The second clause carries the thought on to what the despotism of Eastern monarchies often presented, the objectionable rule of some favored slave, it might be, of alien birth, over the princes and nobles of the land.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 A man that has not wisdom and grace, has no right or title to true joy. It is very unseemly for one who is a servant to sin, to oppress God's free-men.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. (Compare Pr 17:7). The fool is incapable of properly using pleasure as knowledge, yet for him to have it is less incongruous than the undue elevation of servants. Let each abide in his calling (1Co 7:20).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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