Proverbs 12:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of perverse mind is despised.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ A man shall be commended according to his Wisdom [godly Wisdom, which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God], but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Common English Bible

⁸ A person is praised for his insight, but a warped mind leads to contempt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ A man will be known by his doctrine. But whoever is vain and heartless will suffer contempt.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt.

Proverbs 12:8 Cross References

Genesis 41:39

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are;

Psalm 132:18

His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon himself his crown will shed its luster.”

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when panic strikes you,

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

Proverbs 12:9

Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but he whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.

Proverbs 5:23

He dies for lack of discipline, and because of his great folly he is lost.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his countenance is changed.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord has mingled within her a spirit of confusion; and they have made Egypt stagger in all her doings as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Luke 16:8

The master commended the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not the man who commends himself that is accepted, but the man whom the Lord commends.

1 Samuel 13:13

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which he commanded you; for now the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel for ever.

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skilful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence; and the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 18:30

Then the princes of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the Lord the God of Israel declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me for ever’; but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know this and consider what you should do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is so ill-natured that one cannot speak to him.”