A moment in scripture
Proverbs 12:8
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A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
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The surrounding passage
- 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 12:9
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.