Proverbs 3:35 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁵ The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory: But shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory (all honor and good) but shame is the highest rank conferred on [self-confident] fools. [Isa. 32:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Common English Bible

³⁵ The wise gain respect, but fools receive shame.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁵ The wise will possess glory. The exaltation of the foolish is disgraceful.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁵ The wise shall possess glory: the promotion of fools is disgrace.

Proverbs 3:35 Cross References

Psalm 132:18

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

Psalm 73:24

Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory.

Proverbs 12:8

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

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hates falsehood, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man has no means of redemption.

Proverbs 4:8

Prize her highly, and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her.

Proverbs 8:5

O simple ones, learn prudence; O foolish men, pay attention.

Luke 14:9

and he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

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.