Proverbs 12:8
According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.
9Better [is] the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30'Therefore — the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel — I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now — the affirmation of Jehovah — Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.
1 Samuel 16:18And one of the servants answereth and saith, 'Lo, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, skilful in playing, and a mighty virtuous man, and a man of battle, and intelligent in word, and a man of form, and Jehovah [is] with him.'
1 Samuel 25:17'And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he [is] too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'
Proverbs 1:26I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,
Proverbs 5:23He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!
Daniel 12:2'And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches — to abhorrence age-during.
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 →