Proverbs 12:8
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
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In Context
7The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.
9Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honours himself and lacks bread.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now the LORD says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honour me I will honour, and those who despise me will be cursed.
1 Samuel 16:18Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skilful in playing, a mighty man of valour, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the LORD is with him.”
1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
Proverbs 1:26I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you,
Proverbs 5:23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
Daniel 12:2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and 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 →