Proverbs 12:9
Than he who [boastfully] honors himself [pretending to be what he is not] and lacks bread.
Luke 14:11
Proverbs 13:7
There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all;
Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
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He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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Despised
Proverbs 13:7
There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all;
Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all;
Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Luke 14:11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled [before others], and he who habitually humbles himself (keeps a realistic self-view) will be exalted.”