Proverbs 12:8

American Standard Version 2015

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

Cross References

2 Corinthians 10:18

For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.\par

1 Corinthians 4:5

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.\par

Acts 12:23

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

Luke 16:8

And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

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.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die for lack of instruction;\par\tab And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.\par

Proverbs 3:35

The wise shall inherit glory;\par\tab But shame shall be the promotion of fools.\par

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh in {\i the day of} your calamity;\par\tab I will mock when your fear cometh;

Psalm 132:18

His enemies will I clothe with shame;\par\tab But upon himself shall his crown flourish.

Genesis 41:39

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.

1 Samuel 18:30

Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as 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 16:18

Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Jehovah is with him.

1 Samuel 13:13

And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown, and are not;\par\tab But the house of the righteous shall stand.

Proverbs 12:9

Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,\par\tab Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous;\par\tab And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.\par

Isaiah 19:14

Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore Jehovah, 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 Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.