Proverbs 12:8-10

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⁸ You praise people for their intelligence, but no one respects those who are stupid.

⁹ It is better to appear unimportant and have a servant than to pretend to be important and have no food.

¹⁰ Good people take good care of their animals, but the wicked know only how to be cruel.^[a]