Proverbs 12:9

⁷ The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

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

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth 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 be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
KJV: He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
WEB: Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.
ASV: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
DARBY: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
BLB: Better to be lightly esteemed, and a servant [is] unto him, than the one honoring himself and lacking bread.

ÅB: Bedre er en småkårsmann som har en tjener, enn en som vil være storkar, men ikke har brød.
OTB: Bedre å være av lav status og ha en tjener, enn å late som man er viktig og mangle mat.
B1930: Bedre er en småkårsmann som har en tjener, enn en som vil være storkar, men ikke har brød.

Luke 14:11
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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Proverbs 13:7
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
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