Proverbs 19:10 · KJV
“Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.”
— Proverbs 19:10
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall perish.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and {it is} his glory to pass over a transgression. {discretion: or, prudence}
Proverbs 19 — Context
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. {wisdom: Heb. an heart}
9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and {he that} speaketh lies shall perish.
10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and {it is} his glory to pass over a transgression. {discretion: or, prudence}
12The king's wrath {is} as the roaring of a lion; but his favour {is} as dew upon the grass.
Cross References
Proverbs 30:21-22
For three {things} the earth is disquieted, and for four {which} it cannot bear:
Proverbs 26:1
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Luke 16:23
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Luke 16:19
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Isaiah 5:11-12
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, {that} they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, {till} wine inflame them! {inflame: of, pursue}
1 Samuel 25:36
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart {was} merry within him, for he {was} very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
There is an evil {which} I have seen under the sun, as an error {which} proceedeth from the ruler: {from: Heb. from before}
Isaiah 22:12-14
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: