8A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt.


In Context

5 The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.

7 Turn the wicked, and they shall not be: but the house of the just shall stand firm.

8 A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt.

9 Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

10 The just regardeth the lives of his beasts: but the bowels of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 12:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:8A man is praised according to his wisdom, but men with warped minds are despised.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:8According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.