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.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 dishonor serving himself, than one honouring himself and lacking bread.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Your house and the house of your father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honor them that honor me, and he that sets me at nothing shall be despised.
1 Samuel 16:18And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessae 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 you consider, and see what you will do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he is a vile character, and one can’t 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.
Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.
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 →