Proverbs 3:35
Wise people will be honored {people will honor wise people}, but foolish people will be dishonored/disgraced.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
In Context
34Yahweh makes fun of those who make fun of others, but he kindly helps those who are humble.
Cross References
Psalms 73:24You guide me by teaching me, and ◄at the end of my life/when I die►, you will receive me and honor me.
Proverbs 4:8If you consider being wise to be very valuable, people will think very highly of you. If you cling to wisdom like you would cling to a woman you love, many people will honor you.
Proverbs 13:8Rich people are able to pay people who want to kill them, with the result that they will be protected, not killed, but poor people do not have to worry about that because no one threatens to kill them.
Daniel 12:2Many of those who have died [EUP] will become alive again. Some of them will live eternally with God, and some will be eternally shamed/disgraced in hell.
Luke 14:9When that man comes, the man who invited both of you will come to you (sg) and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you (sg) will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.
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 →