Proverbs 12:8
A man will be known by his doctrine. But whoever is vain and heartless will suffer contempt.
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In Context
7Turn from the impious, and they will not be. But the house of the just shall stand firm.
9Better is a pauper who has what he needs, than someone glorious and in need of bread.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Because of this, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Instead, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised.
1 Samuel 16:18And one of the servants, responding, said: “Behold, I have seen the son of Jesse of Bethlehem, a skillful player, and very strong and robust, a man fit for war, and prudent in words, a handsome man. And the Lord is with him.”
1 Samuel 25:17For this reason, consider and realize what you should do. For evil has been decided against your husband and against your house. And he is a son of Belial, so that no one is able to speak to him.”
Proverbs 1:26Similarly, I will ridicule you at your demise, and I will mock you, when that which you feared shall overcome you.
Proverbs 5:23He shall die, for he has not held to discipline. And by the multitude of his foolishness, he shall be deceived.
Daniel 12:2And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken: some to everlasting life, and others to a reproach that they will always see.
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 →