Proverbs 12:9-11

English Standard Version

⁹ Better to be lowly and have a servant
    than to play the great man and lack bread.
^10 (A)Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast,
    but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
^11 (B)Whoever works his land ^(C)will have plenty of bread,
    ^(D)but he who follows ^(E)worthless pursuits lacks sense.