Focused Passage

Proverbs 19:10

Integrity, Counsel, Discipline, Poverty, Anger, and the Fear of the LORD

The chapter moves from integrity and misdirected zeal, to wealth and false witness, to wisdom and household prudence, to laziness, commandments, mercy, and discipline, and finally to the LORD's prevailing purpose, fear of the LORD, sloth, instruction, corrupt witness, and judgment.

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10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

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Verse 10

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Luxury תַּעֲנ֑וּג H8588 Noun - masculine singular vvv לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle is unseemly נָאוֶ֣ה H5000 Adjective - masculine singular for a fool לִכְסִ֣יל H3684 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular how much worse אַ֝֗ף H637 Conjunction . . . כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction for a slave לְעֶ֤בֶד׀ H5650 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular to rule מְשֹׁ֬ל H4910 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct over princes בְּשָׂרִֽים׃ H8269 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural

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