Proverbs 12:8

Modern English Version

According to his wisdom will a man be praised, but the perverse of heart will be despised.

Cross References

Genesis 41:39

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

Psalm 132:18

His enemies will I clothe with shame, but upon himself shall his crown flourish.”

Proverbs 1:26

I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,

Proverbs 12:7

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

Proverbs 12:9

Better is he who is despised and yet has a servant than he who honors himself and yet has no bread.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but he whose way is upright is an abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise will inherit honor, but fools get shame.

Proverbs 5:23

He will die for lack of discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a matter? A person’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the harshness of his face is softened.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord has mingled a perverse spirit in her; so they have caused Egypt to err in her every work, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake—some to everlasting life, and others to everlasting shame and contempt.

Luke 16:8

“The master commended the dishonest steward, because he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are wiser in their own generation than the sons of light.

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory. And he was eaten by worms and died.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the purposes of the hearts. Then everyone will have commendation from God.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.

1 Samuel 13:13

Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God, which He commanded you. Truly now, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

1 Samuel 16:18

Then one from the servants answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is experienced in playing music, a mighty man of valor, a man of battle, and skillful in words, even a man of fine appearance. And the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 18:30

Then the commanders of the Philistines went out to make war. And when they went out David was more successful than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly honored.

1 Samuel 2:30

“Therefore the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I surely said that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before Me forever,’ but now the Lord says, ‘Far be it from Me to do so, for those who honor Me, I will honor, and those that despise Me will be humbled.

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. He is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.”