“Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.”
Proverbs 19:10 (KJV) |
Proverbs 19:10
From Proverbs 19, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.