Proverbs 12:8
A man will be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:26I also will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh;
Proverbs 5:23He shall die for want of instruction; Yea, through the greatness of his folly he shall stagger.
Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.
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 →