Proverbs 12:8

Coverdale Bible (1535)

A man shalbe commended for his wy?dome, but a foole shal be despysed.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 41:39 : 39 And sayde vnto Iosep: For so moch as God hath shewed ye all this, there is none of soch vnderstondinge & wysdome as thou.
  • 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 Samuel sayde vnto Saul: Thou hast done foolishly, and not kepte the commaundement of the LORDE thy God, which he commaunded the. For (yf thou haddest not done this) he had prospered thy kyngdome vpo Israel for euer:
  • 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then answered one of the children, & sayde: Beholde, I sawe a sonne of Isai ye Bethleemite, which can playe vpon the instrumete, an honest & valeaut man, and one yt hath vnderstodinge in matters, & is welfauoured.
  • 1 Sam 18:30 : 30 And whan the prynces of the Philistynes wete forth, Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul in their outgoynge: so that his name was in greate reputacion.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Take hede now therfore, and loke well what thou doest, for there is surely a mysfortune at hande agaynst oure lorde, & agaynst all his house. And he is a man of Belial, to whom no man darre saye eny thinge.
  • Ps 132:18 : 18 There shall I make the horne of Dauid to florish, I haue ordened a lanterne for myne anoynted. As for his enemies, I shal clothe the wt shame, but vpon himself shal his crowne florish.
  • Prov 1:26 : 26 Therfore shal I also laugh in yor destruccion, and mocke you, when ye thinge that ye feare cometh vpon you:
  • Prov 3:35 : 35 The wyse shal haue honor in possession, but shame is the promocio that fooles shal haue.
  • Prov 5:23 : 23 Because he wolde not be refourmed, he shal dye: and for his greate foolishnesse he shal be destroyed.
  • Eccl 8:1 : 1 where as no man hath wy?dome & vnderstodinge, to geue answere there vnto. Wy?dome maketh a mas face to shyne, but malice putteth it out of fauoure.
  • Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth, shal awake: some to euerlastinge life, some to perpetuall shame & reprofe.
  • Mal 2:8-9 : 8 But as for you, ye are gone clene out off the waye, and haue caused the multitude to be offended at the lawe: ye haue broken the couenaunt of Leui, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. 9 Therfore wil I also make you to be despised, and to be of no reputacion amonge all ye people: because ye haue not kepte my wayes, but bene parciall in the lawe.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 and sayde: I haue done euell, in that I haue betrayed innocet bloude. They sayde: What haue we to do with yt? Se thou therto. 5 And he cast the syluer pens in the teple, and gat him awaye, and wente and hanged him self.
  • Luke 12:42-44 : 42 The LORDE sayde: How greate a thinge is a faithfull and wyse stewarde, whom his lorde setteth ouer his houssholde, to geue the their dewtye in due season? 43 Blessed is that seruaunt, whom his lorde (whan he cometh) shal fynde so doynge. 44 Verely I saye vnto you: he shal set him ouer all his goodes.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And the lorde comended the vnrighteous stewarde, because he had done wysely. For the children of this worlde are in their kynde wyser, the the children of light.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediatly the angell of the LORDE smote him, because he gaue not God the honoure: And he was eaten vp of wormes, and gaue vp the goost.
  • 1 Cor 3:10-15 : 10 Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me, as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion, but another buyldeth theron. Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron. 11 For other foudacion can noman laye, then that which is layed, the which is Iesus Christ. 12 But yf eny man buylde vpon this foundacion, golde, syluer, precious stones, tymber, haye, stobble, 13 euerymas worke shal be shewed. For the daye of the LORDE shal declare it, which shal be shewed with fyre: and the fyre shal trye euery mas worke what it is. 14 Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron, abyde, he shal receaue a rewarde: 15 Yf eny mans worke burne, he shal suffre losse: but he shal be saued himselfe, neuertheles as thorow fyre.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therfore iudge ye nothinge before ye tyme, vntyll the LORDE come, which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse, and ope the councels of ye hertes, and the shal euery one haue prayse of God.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 for he yt prayseth him selfe, is not alowed, but he who ye LORDE prayseth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 12:2
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    2 A good man is acceptable vnto the LORDE, but ye wicked wyl he condempne.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9 A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better the one that is gorgious and wanteth bred.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2 Who so feareth the LORDE, walketh in the right path: & regardeth not him that abhorreth the wayes of the LORDE.

  • Prov 10:8-9
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    8 A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.

    9 He that leadeth an innocent life, walketh surely: but who so goeth a wroge waye, shalbe knowne.

  • Prov 11:12
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    12 A foole bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure, but a wyse man wil kepe it secrete.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.

  • Prov 18:12
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    12 After pryde cometh destruccio, and honor after lowlynes.

  • Prov 28:11-12
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    11 The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.

    12 When rightuous men are in prosperite, the doth honoure florish: but when the vngodly come vp, ye state of men chaungeth.

  • Prov 12:14-16
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    14 Euery man shal enioye good acordinge to the innocency of his mouth, and after the workes of his hades shal he be rewarded.

    15 Loke what a foole taketh in honde, he thinketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyl be couceled.

    16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haist, but a discrete man forgeueth wronge.

  • Prov 11:2-3
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    2 Where pryde is, there is shame also and confucion: but where as is lowlynes, there is wysdome.

    3 The innocent dealynge of the iust shal lede them, but the vnfaithfulnesse of the despysers shalbe their owne destruccion.

  • Prov 14:8
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    8 The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18 He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte and shame: but who so receaueth correccion, shal come to honoure.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly, but ye vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Eccl 9:16
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    16 Then sayde I: wy?dome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wy?dome is despysed, & his wordes are not herde.

  • Prov 29:23
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    23 After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe.

  • Prov 14:35
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    35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto ye kynge, but one yt is not honest, prouoketh him vnto wrath.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8 He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.

  • Prov 29:8
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    8 Wicked people brynge a cite in decaye, but wyse men set it vp agayne.

  • Prov 18:3
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    3 Where vngodlynes is, there is also di?dayne: & so there foloweth shame & dishonor.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23 He that hath vnderstodinge, can hyde his wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out his foolishnesse.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12 Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.

  • Job 12:5
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    5 Godlynesse is a light despysed in ye hertes of the rich, & is set for them to stomble vpon.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 An vngodly man goeth forth rashly, but the iust refourmeth his owne waye.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15 Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35 The wyse shal haue honor in possession, but shame is the promocio that fooles shal haue.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17 An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

  • Ps 12:8
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    8 And why? when vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande amonge the children of men, all are full of ye vngodly.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 The LORDE abhorreth a fayned hert, but he hath pleasure in them that are vndefyled.

  • Ps 15:4
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    4 He yt setteth not by the vngodly but maketh moch of the that feare the LORDE: he yt sweareth vnto his neghboure & dispoynteth him not.

  • Prov 21:22
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    22 A wyse man wynneth the cite of the mightie, and as for the strength yt they trust in, he bryngeth it downe.

  • Prov 9:8
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    8 Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euell wil: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wil loue the.

  • Prov 18:15-16
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    15 A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

    16 Liberalite bryngeth a man to honor and worshipe, & setteth him amonge greate men.

  • Prov 28:26
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    26 He that trusteth in his owne hert, is a foole: but he that dealeth wisely, shalbe safe.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2 Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right, but the LORDE iudgeth ye hertes.

  • Prov 12:25-26
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    25 Heuynesse discorageth ye herte of man, but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.

    26 The righteous is liberall vnto his neghboure, but the waye of the vngodly wil disceaue them selues.

  • Eccl 8:5
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    5 Who so kepeth the commaundement, shall fele no harme: but a wyse mans herte discerneth tyme and maner:

  • Prov 15:21
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    21 A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12 A wyse man seynge the plage wyl hyde him self, as for fooles they go on still, and suffer harme.