PROVERBS 12:8-11

⁸A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

⁹Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

¹⁰A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

¹¹He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.