Proverbs 12:9

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Better to be lowly and have a servant than to act important and have no food.

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  • Luke 14:11 : 11 'For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.'
  • Prov 13:7 : 7 One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

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