Proverbs 12:8
King James Version (KJV)
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
In context
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 12:8 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
- WEB World English Bible
- A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.