Proverbs 12:8

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

A man shall be praised according to his prudence, but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Cross References

Genesis 41:39

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has taught you all this, there is no one wise and intelligent like you.

Psalm 132:18

I will clothe His enemies with shame, but His crown shall flourish upon Him.

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh in your calamity, I will mock when your dread comes;

Proverbs 12:7

Overthrow the wicked ones and they are not; but the house of the righteous ones stands.

Proverbs 12:9

Better is one despised, and a servant is his, than one honoring himself and lacking bread.

Proverbs 29:27

A man of injustice is a disgusting thing to the righteous one, and the upright of way is a disgusting thing to the wicked one.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise ones inherit honor, but fools exalt shame.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die without instruction, and in the greatness of his foolishness he shall go astray.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise one? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and by might his face is changed.

Isaiah 19:14

Jehovah has mixed a perverse spirit in her midst; and they led astray Egypt in all his work, as a drunkard strays in his vomit.

Daniel 12:2

And many of the sleeping ones in the dust of the ground shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches and to everlasting abhorrence.

Luke 16:8

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, because he acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of light themselves are in their generation.

Acts 12:23

And instantly an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give the glory to God. And having been eaten of worms, he breathed out his soul.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So then do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both shed light on the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the purposes of the hearts. And then praise will be to each one from God.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For not the one commending himself is the one approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

1 Samuel 13:13

And Samuel said to Saul, You have acted foolishly that you have not kept the command of Jehovah your God which He commanded you. For now Jehovah would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

1 Samuel 16:18

One of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows to play, and a mighty man of strength, and a man of battle, and skillful in speech, and a man of form; and Jehovah is with him.

1 Samuel 18:30

And the rulers of the Philistines came out. And it happened as often as they came out, David acted more wisely than all the servants of Saul; and his name was greatly esteemed.

1 Samuel 2:30

So says Jehovah the God of Israel, I said indeed that your house and your father’s house should walk before Me until forever. But now, a statement of Jehovah, Be it far from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, and those despising Me will be despised.

1 Samuel 25:17

And now, know and consider what you should do; for evil has been determined against our lord, and on all his house. And he is a son of worthlessness, no one can speak to him.