Proverbs 3:35
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
In Context
34Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace unto the lowly.
Cross References
Psalms 73:24You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Proverbs 4:8Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honour, when you do embrace her.
Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor hears not rebuke.
Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Luke 14:9And he that bade you and him come and say to you, Give this man place; and you begin with shame to take the low room.
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 →