Proverbs 12:8

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Genesis 41:39

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, For as much as God has showed you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are:

Psalm 132:18

His enemies will I clothe with shame: but on himself shall his crown flourish.

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes;

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Proverbs 12:9

He that is despised, and has a servant, is better than he that honors himself, and lacks bread.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 3:35

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

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

Isaiah 19:14

The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in the middle thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Daniel 12:2

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

Luke 16:8

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Acts 12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For not he that commends himself is approved, but 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 would the LORD have established your kingdom on Israel for ever.

1 Samuel 16:18

Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

1 Samuel 18:30

Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

1 Samuel 2:30

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

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.