Proverbs 12:8
A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, saith: I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before Me for ever; but now the LORD saith: Be it far from Me: for them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
1 Samuel 16:18Then answered one of the young men, and said: 'Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.'
1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a base fellow, that one cannot speak to him.'
Proverbs 1:26I also, in your calamity, will laugh, I will mock when your dread cometh;
Proverbs 5:23He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall reel.
Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches and everlasting abhorrence.
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 →