Proverbs 12:8
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
7The wicked are overthrown, and are not, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore LORD, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever, but now LORD says, Be it far from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me
1 Samuel 16:18Then one of the young men answered, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely man, and LORD is with him
1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what thou will do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house. For he is such a worthless fellow that [a man] cannot speak to him.
Proverbs 1:26I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,
Proverbs 5:23He shall die for lack of instruction. And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Daniel 12:2And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:8
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. We are here taught as before ( v. 3 and ch. x. 25, 30 ), 1. That the triumphing of the wicked is short. They may be exalted for a while, but in a little time they are overthrown and are not; their trouble proves their overthrow, and those who made a great show disappear, and their place knows them no more. Turn the wicked, and they are not; they stand in such a slippery place that the least touch of trouble brings them down, like… Read the whole commentary →