Proverbs 12:8
A man shalbe commended for his wisdome: but a foole shalbe dispised.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
9He that is dispised and is yet his owne man, is better then the glorious that lacketh bread.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:26Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you,
Proverbs 5:23He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.
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 →