SinaiProverbs 12:8
American Standard Version
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
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Proverbs 12:8 in other translations
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom,
but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
Proverbs 12:8 in context
- 6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
- 7The wicked are overthrown, and are not; But the house of the righteous shall stand.
- 8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
- 9Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
- 10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.