Proverbs 12:8
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, But he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
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- Gen 41:39 : 39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.
- 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you: for now would Yahweh have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
- 1 Sam 16:18 : 18 Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.
- 1 Sam 18:30 : 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it happened, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
- 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him.
- Ps 132:18 : 18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, But on himself, his crown will be resplendant."
- Prov 1:26 : 26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;
- Prov 3:35 : 35 The wise will inherit glory, But shame will be the promotion of fools.
- Prov 5:23 : 23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
- Eccl 8:1 : 1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
- Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Mal 2:8-9 : 8 But you have turned aside out of the way. You have caused many to stumble in the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says Yahweh of Hosts. 9 "Therefore I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according to the way you have not kept my ways, but have had respect for persons in the law.
- Matt 27:4-5 : 4 saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it." 5 He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary, and departed. He went away and hanged himself.
- Luke 12:42-44 : 42 The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times? 43 Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes. 44 Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.
- Luke 16:8 : 8 "His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
- Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- 1 Cor 3:10-15 : 10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble; 13 each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is. 14 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. 15 If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
- 1 Cor 4:5 : 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 man will get his praise from God.
- 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
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