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Good News Translation

Proverbs 12:8

If you are intelligent, you will be praised; if you are stupid, people will look down on you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Heart;   Prudence;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dishonour;   Honour-Dishonour;   Perverseness;   Wicked, the;   The Topic Concordance - Commending;   Despisement;   Heart;   Perversion;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Heart, Character of the Unrenewed;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Righteousness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mind/reason;   Praise;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Perverse;   Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Commend;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 18;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A man is praised for his insight,but a twisted mind is despised.
Hebrew Names Version
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, But he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
King James Version
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
English Standard Version
A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of twisted mind is despised.
New American Standard Bible
A person will be praised according to his insight, But one of perverse mind will be despised.
New Century Version
The wisdom of the wise wins praise, but there is no respect for the stupid.
New English Translation
A person is praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one who has a twisted mind is despised.
Amplified Bible
A man will be commended according to his insight and sound judgment, But the one who is of a perverse mind will be despised.
World English Bible
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, But he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised.
Legacy Standard Bible
A man will be praised according to his insight,But one of perverse heart will be despised.
Berean Standard Bible
A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.
Contemporary English Version
Good sense is worthy of praise, but stupidity is a curse.
Complete Jewish Bible
A person wins praise in keeping with his common sense, but a person with a warped mind is treated with contempt.
Darby Translation
A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.
Easy-to-Read Version
You praise people for their intelligence, but no one respects those who are stupid.
George Lamsa Translation
A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he who lacks understanding shall be despised.
Lexham English Bible
For his mouth of good sense, a man will be recommended, but he who is of perverse mind will be despised.
Literal Translation
A man shall be praised according to his wisdom, but he who is of a crooked heart shall be despised.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A man shalbe commended for his wy?dome, but a foole shal be despysed.
American Standard Version
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Bible in Basic English
A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A man shall be commended according to his intelligence; but he that is of a distorted understanding shall be despised.
King James Version (1611)
A man shall be commended according to his wisedome: but hee that is of a peruerse heart, shall be despised.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A man shalbe commended for his wisdome: but a foole shalbe dispised.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The mouth of an understanding man is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision.
English Revised Version
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispising.
Update Bible Version
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Webster's Bible Translation
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
New King James Version
A man will be commended according to his wisdom, But he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.
New Living Translation
A sensible person wins admiration, but a warped mind is despised.
New Life Bible
A man will be praised for his wisdom, but a man with a sinful mind will be hated.
New Revised Standard
One is commended for good sense, but a perverse mind is despised.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In proportion to his prudence, is a man, to be praised, but, the perverse in heart, shall be an object of contempt.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt.
Revised Standard Version
A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of perverse mind is despised.
Young's Literal Translation
According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.
THE MESSAGE
A person who talks sense is honored; airheads are held in contempt.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A man will be praised according to his insight, But one of perverse mind will be despised.

Contextual Overview

8 If you are intelligent, you will be praised; if you are stupid, people will look down on you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

commended: Genesis 41:39, 1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 18:30, Ecclesiastes 8:1, Luke 12:42-44, Luke 16:8, 1 Corinthians 3:10-15, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 2 Corinthians 10:18

he: Proverbs 1:26, Proverbs 3:35, Proverbs 5:23, 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 25:17, Psalms 132:18, Daniel 12:2, Malachi 2:8, Malachi 2:9, Matthew 27:4, Matthew 27:5, Acts 12:23

of a perverse heart: Heb. perverse of heart

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
Seth had a son whom he named Enosh. It was then that people began using the Lord 's holy name in worship.
Genesis 12:12
When the Egyptians see you, they will assume that you are my wife, and so they will kill me and let you live.
Genesis 12:14
When he crossed the border into Egypt, the Egyptians did see that his wife was beautiful.
Genesis 12:15
Some of the court officials saw her and told the king how beautiful she was; so she was taken to his palace.
Genesis 12:16
Because of her the king treated Abram well and gave him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, slaves, and camels.
Genesis 13:4
and had built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord .
Genesis 21:33
Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and worshiped the Lord , the Everlasting God.
Genesis 28:19
He named the place Bethel. (The town there was once known as Luz.)
Genesis 35:3
We are going to leave here and go to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who helped me in the time of my trouble and who has been with me everywhere I have gone."
Joshua 7:2
Joshua sent some men from Jericho to Ai, a city east of Bethel, near Bethaven, with orders to go and explore the land. When they had done so,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom,.... Not according to his birth and pedigree; not according to his riches and wealth; not according to the places of honour and trust he may be in; but according to his wisdom, which he discovers in his words and actions, in his life and conversation: not according to the wisdom that is earthly, sensual, and devilish; not according to the wisdom of the world, which comes to nought, either natural or civil; especially that which lies in sophistry and subtlety, in wicked craft and cunning, whereby men trick, overreach, and defraud one another; but according to that which is spiritual and evangelical; which lies in the knowledge of Christ, and of God in Christ, and of those things which belong to salvation; the beginning of which is the fear of the Lord, and which comes from above, and is pure and peaceable. A man possessed of this is commended by all wise and good men, and by the Lord himself; as the wise man is by Christ, Matthew 7:24; who builds his house on a rock; for which reason it stands, as in the preceding verse;

but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised; and which appears by the perverse words he speaks against God and Christ; against his people, ways, and worship, as antichrist and his followers do; and by his perverse actions, which are contrary to the light of nature, to the law of God, and Gospel of Christ: and such vile persons are contemned in the eyes of all good men, and are had in abhorrence by the Lord himself; for such who despise him are lightly esteemed; see Proverbs 18:3.


 
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