Proverbs 12:9-11

American Standard Version

⁹ Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,
Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
¹⁰ A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast;
But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
¹¹ He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
But he that followeth after ^[a]vain persons is void of understanding.