Old Testament · VERSE 8

Proverbs 12:8

King James 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 context

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Proverbs 12:8SELECTED VERSE

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Proverbs 12:9

He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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