Proverbs 3:35
Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
In Context
34If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.
Cross References
Psalms 73:24With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me.
Proverbs 4:8Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.
Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
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.
Luke 14:9and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.
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 →