Proverbs 12:8

Young's Literal Translation 1898

According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

Cross References

Genesis 41:39

and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, ‘After God's causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou;

Psalm 132:18

His enemies I do clothe [with] shame, And upon him doth his crown flourish!

Proverbs 1:26

I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,

Proverbs 12:7

Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

Proverbs 12:9

Better [is] the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.

Proverbs 29:27

An abomination to the righteous [is] the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked [is] the upright in the way!

Proverbs 3:35

Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!

Proverbs 5:23

He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who [is] as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Isaiah 19:14

Jehovah hath mingled in her midst A spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all its work, As a drunkard erreth in his vomit.

Daniel 12:2

‘And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches — to abhorrence age-during.

Luke 16:8

‘And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

Acts 12:23

and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.

1 Corinthians 4:5

so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

2 Corinthians 10:18

for not he who is commending himself is approved, but he whom the Lord doth commend.

1 Samuel 13:13

And Samuel saith unto Saul, ‘Thou hast been foolish; thou hast not kept the command of Jehovah thy God, which He commanded thee, for now had Jehovah established thy kingdom over Israel unto the age;

1 Samuel 16:18

And one of the servants answereth and saith, ‘Lo, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, skilful in playing, and a mighty virtuous man, and a man of battle, and intelligent in word, and a man of form, and Jehovah [is] with him.’

1 Samuel 18:30

And the princes of the Philistines come out, and it cometh to pass from the time of their coming out, David hath acted more wisely than any of the servants of Saul, and his name is very precious.

1 Samuel 2:30

‘Therefore — the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel — I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now — the affirmation of Jehovah — Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.

1 Samuel 25:17

‘And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he [is] too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.’