Proverbs 12:9

Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.

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One song meets this passage

  • “Perpetrating to your friends like you be ballin”

    Bills, Bills, Bills · Destiny's Child

    strains against Proverbs 12:9

    Proverbs values quiet honesty over hollow appearances of status, which this boyfriend's fake 'ballin' image directly contradicts.

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