Proverbs 12:8
The mouth of an understanding man is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
7When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain.
9Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and wanting bread.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honour them that honour me, and he that sets me at nought shall be despised.
1 Samuel 16:18And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessæ the Bethleemite, and + 16:18 Gr. him understanding.he understands playing on the harp, and the man is prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man is handsome, and the Lord is with him.
1 Samuel 25:17And now do thou consider, and see what thou wilt do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he is a vile character, and one cannot speak to him.
Proverbs 1:26therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:
Proverbs 5:23Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.
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 →