Proverbs 3:35
The wise inherit glory, || And fools are bearing away shame!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
In Context
34If He scorns the scorners, || Yet He gives grace to the humble.
Cross References
Psalms 73:24You lead me with Your counsel, || And after, receive me [to] glory.
Proverbs 4:8Exalt her and she lifts you up, || She honors you when you embrace her.
Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man’s life [are] his riches, || And the poor has not heard rebuke.
Daniel 12:2And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground awake, some to continuous life, and some to reproaches—to continuous abhorrence.
Luke 14:9and he who called you and him having come will say to you, Give to this one [your] place, and then you may begin to occupy the last place with shame.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →