Proverbs 12:8

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

Cross References

Genesis 41:39

Par`oh said to Yosef, *Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.

Psalm 132:18

I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent.*

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;

Proverbs 12:7

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

Proverbs 12:9

Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

Proverbs 29:27

A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

Proverbs 5:23

He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

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 face is changed.

Isaiah 19:14

The LORD has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Daniel 12:2

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

*His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

1 Samuel 13:13

Shemu'el said to Sha'ul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the mitzvah of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now would the LORD have established your kingdom on Yisra'el forever.

1 Samuel 16:18

Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Yishai the Beit-Hallachmite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and the LORD is with him.

1 Samuel 18:30

Then the princes of the Pelishtim went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Sha'ul; so that his name was much set by.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD says, Be it far 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 and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him.