Proverbs 12:8
In proportion to his prudence, is a man, to be praised, but, the perverse in heart, shall be an object of contempt.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
7Overthrown are the lawless and they are not, but, the house of the righteous, shall stand.
9Better slighted, and have a servant, than to honour oneself, and come short of bread.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age-abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)—Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.
1 Samuel 16:18Then responded one of the young men and said—Lo! I have seen—a son of Jesse, the Bethlehemite, skilled in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and of intelligent speech, and a handsome man, and, Yahweh, is with him.
1 Samuel 25:17Now, therefore, know thou, and see, what thou canst do, for mischief is determined against our lord, and against all his household,—but, he, is such an abandoned man, that one cannot speak unto him.
Proverbs 1:26I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread;
Proverbs 5:23He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.
Daniel 12:2and, many of the sleepers in the dusty ground, shall awake,—these, [shall be] to age-abiding life, but, those, to reproach, and age-abiding abhorrence;
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 →