Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
In Context
34Surely the Lord is opposed to the arrogant (LXX/NT), but he gives grace to the lowly.
Cross References
Psalms 73:24Thou will guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Proverbs 4:8Exalt her, and she will promote thee. She will bring thee to honor when thou embrace her.
Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no threatening.
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.
Luke 14:9And he who invited thee and him, having come, will say to thee, Give place to this man, and then thou will begin with embarrassment to take the last place.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →