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Proverbs 12:8
A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised.
Proverbs 12:8 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 12:8 in other translations
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
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In context
5 The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull.
6 The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.
7 God ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised.
9 He that is despised, and is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the mercies of the wicked are cruell.
11 He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.
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