Proverbs 12:9

JBS⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ ¶ Mejor es el que se menosprecie y se hace siervo, que el que se precia, y carece de pan.

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He that is, etc.Or, rather, as in the old translation "He that is despised, and is his own servant, is better than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread;" with which the versions generally agree. That is, it is better to be in lowness and obscurity, and to support oneself by manual labour, than to want the necessaries of life, through a foolish vanity, or the pride of birth, which refuses to labour.
despised.
Proverbs 13:7; Luke 14:11