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## Proverbs 12:9 in Context (Verses 6–12 KJV)
 
 [6 ](/kjv/proverbs/12/6) The words of the wicked *are* to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/proverbs/12/7) The wicked are overthrown, and *are* not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
 
 [8 ](/kjv/proverbs/12/8) A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.*
 
 [9 ](/kjv/proverbs/12/9) *He that is* despised, and hath a servant, *is* better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
 
 [10 ](/kjv/proverbs/12/10) A righteous *man* regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked *are* cruel.*
 
 [11 ](/kjv/proverbs/12/11) He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain *persons is* void of understanding.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/proverbs/12/12) The wicked desireth the net of evil *men:* but the root of the righteous yieldeth *fruit*.*
 
[Proverbs 11](/kjv/proverbs/11) [Proverbs 13](/kjv/proverbs/13)

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