Proverbs 12:8

The Scriptures 2009

A man is praised according to his wisdom, But the perverted of heart becomes despised.

Cross References

Genesis 41:39

Then Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “Since Elohim has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

Psalm 132:18

I put shame on his enemies, While on Him His diadem shall shine.

Proverbs 1:26

“Let me also laugh at your calamity, Mock when your dread comes,

Proverbs 12:7

The wrong are overthrown, And are no more, But the house of the righteous stands.

Proverbs 12:9

Better to be lightly esteemed and have a servant, Than the highly esteemed who lacks bread.

Proverbs 29:27

An unrighteous man Is an abomination to the righteous, And he who is straight in the way Is an abomination to the wrong.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise do inherit esteem, But fools are bearing away shame!

Proverbs 5:23

He dies for lack of discipline, And in the greatness of his folly He goes astray.

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like a wise one? And who knows the meaning of a matter? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Isaiah 19:14

יהוה has mixed a perverse spirit in her midst. And they have led Mitsrayim astray in all her work, as a drunkard strays in his vomit.

Daniel 12:2

and many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth wake up, some to everlasting life, and some to reproaches, everlasting abhorrence.

Luke 16:8

“And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly, because the sons of this age are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

Acts 12:23

And instantly a messenger of יהוה smote him, because he did not give the esteem to Elohim. And becoming worm-eaten, he died.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So do not judge any at all before the time, until the Master comes, who shall bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the thoughts of the hearts. And then each one’s praise shall come from Elohim.

2 Corinthians 10:18

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

1 Samuel 13:13

And Shemu’ĕl said to Sha’ul, “You have been foolish. You have not guarded the command of יהוה your Elohim, which He commanded you. For now יהוה would have established your reign over Yisra’ĕl forever.

1 Samuel 16:18

And one of the servants answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Yishai the Bĕyth Leḥemite, who knows how to play, a brave one, and a man of battle, and skilled in words, and a handsome man. And יהוה is with him.”

1 Samuel 18:30

And the princes of the Philistines went out to fight. And it came to be, whenever they went out, that Dawiḏ acted more wisely than all the servants of Sha’ul, so that his name came to be very precious.

1 Samuel 2:30

“Therefore יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl declares, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now יהוה declares, ‘Far be it from Me, for those who highly esteem Me I highly esteem, and those who despise Me are lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 25:17

“And now, know and see what you should do, for evil has been resolved against our master, and against all his household, and he is too much of a son of Beliya‛al to speak to.”