Proverbs 12:8

New King James Version

A man will be commended according to his wisdom, But he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

Cross References

Genesis 41:39

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

Psalm 132:18

His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon Himself His crown shall 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 the one who is slighted but has a servant, Than he who honors himself but lacks bread.

Proverbs 29:27

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be the legacy of fools.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, And the sternness of his face is changed.

Isaiah 19:14

The Lord has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Luke 16:8

So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

Acts 12:23

Then immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. 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 one’s praise will come from God.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For not he who 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 the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

1 Samuel 16:18

Then one of the servants answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 18:30

Then the princes of the Philistines went out to war. And so it was, whenever they went out, that David behaved more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name became highly esteemed.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ‘Far be it 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 harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him.”