Proverbs 12:8
A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7Turn the wicked, and they shall not be: but the house of the just shall stand firm.
9Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Wherefore thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father should minister in my sight, for ever. But now saith the Lord: Far be this from me: but whosoever shall glorify me, him will I glorify: but they that despise me, shall be despised.
1 Samuel 16:18And one of the servants answering, said: Behold I have seen a son of Isai the Bethlehemite, a skilful player, and one of great strength, and a man fit for war, and prudent in his words, and a comely person: and the Lord is with him.
1 Samuel 25:17Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him.
Proverbs 1:26I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared.
Proverbs 5:23He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.
Daniel 12:2And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some unto life everlasting, and others unto reproach, to see it always.
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 →