Proverbs 12:8

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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1 Samuel 1:3
This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.

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1 Samuel 2:17
The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised Yahweh’s offering.

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1 Samuel 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 Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.

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1 Samuel 16:18
Then one of the young men answered and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him.”

1 Samuel 18:30
Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.

Ecclesiastes 8:1
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.

Matthew 7:24
“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock.

Luke 16:8
“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.

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1 Samuel 25:2
There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

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1 Chronicles 22:12
May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.

Psalms 111:10
The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Jeremiah 4:22
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Matthew 11:25
At that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.

1 Corinthians 1:31
that, as it is written, “He who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 2:6
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.

James 3:13
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.

James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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Job 11:12
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey’s colt.

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Psalms 132:18
I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will shine.”

Proverbs 5:23
He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.

Acts 12:23
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory. Then he was eaten by worms and died.

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Proverbs 1:25
but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;

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Proverbs 11:3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

Proverbs 15:4
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

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Proverbs 11:13
One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

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Proverbs 14:3
The fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

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Proverbs 16:22
Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

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Proverbs 18:3
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

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Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

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Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

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Ecclesiastes 1:14
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

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Ecclesiastes 1:17
I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

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Lamentations 1:8
Jerusalem has grievously sinned. Therefore she has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness. Yes, she sighs and turns backward.

Ezekiel 9:9
Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion; for they say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.’

Matthew 17:17
Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

1 Timothy 6:5
constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.

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Hosea 7:1
When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, also the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief enters in, and the gang of robbers ravages outside.

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Luke 12:42
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?

Luke 12:43
Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

Luke 12:44
Truly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.

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Luke 15:15
He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

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Luke 15:16
He wanted to fill his belly with the pods that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

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Romans 1:20
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.

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Romans 1:23
and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things.

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1 Corinthians 3:10
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.

1 Corinthians 3:11
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:12
But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,

1 Corinthians 3:13
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.

1 Corinthians 3:14
If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

1 Corinthians 3:15
If any man’s work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.

1 Corinthians 4:5
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.

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