Proverbs 3:35 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Proverbs 3:35 Cross References

Psalm 132:18

His enemies will I clothe with shame: But upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Psalm 73:24

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Proverbs 13:8

The ransom of a man's life is his riches: But the poor heareth no threatening.

Proverbs 4:8

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: She shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Proverbs 8:5

O ye simple, understand subtilty; And, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hateth lying: But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Proverbs 12:8

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

Luke 14:9

and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.