Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherite glorie: but fooles dishonour, though they be exalted.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
In Context
34With the scornefull he scorneth, but hee giueth grace vnto the humble.
Cross References
Psalms 73:24Thou wilt guide me by thy counsell, and afterward receiue me to glory.
Proverbs 4:8Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.
Proverbs 13:8A man will giue his riches for the ransome of his life: but the poore cannot heare ye reproch.
Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to euerlasting life, and some to shame and perpetuall contempt.
Luke 14:9And he that bade both him and thee, come, and say to thee, Giue this man roome, and thou then begin with shame to take the lowest roome.
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 →