Verse 35

The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 "Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.' But now Yahweh says, 'Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • Ps 73:24 : 24 You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
  • Ps 132:18 : 18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will be resplendent." A Song of Ascents. By David.
  • Prov 4:8 : 8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you. She will bring you to honor, when you embrace her.
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats.
  • Isa 65:13-15 : 13 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed; 14 behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit. 15 You shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen; and the Lord Yahweh will kill you; and he will call his servants by another name:
  • Dan 12:2-3 : 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. 3 Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.