A moment in scripture
Proverbs 19:10
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Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 19:8
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
- Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
- Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- Proverbs 19:12
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.