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Proverbs 12:8
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The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
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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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[He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
A manH376 shall be commendedH1984 accordingH6310 to his wisdomH7922: but he that is of a perverseH5753 heartH3820 shall be despisedH937.
Original Hebrew
לְפִישִׂ־כְלֹו יְהֻלַּל־אִישׁ וְנַעֲוֵה־לֵב יִהְיֶה לָבוּז׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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לְֽ/פִי |
le./fi.Si- | H6310 | HR/Ncmsc | to/ (the) mouth of |
שִׂ֭כְל/וֹ |
Sikh.lo/v | H7922 | HNcmsc/Sp3ms | prudence/ his |
יְהֻלַּל |
ye.hu.lal- | H1984 | HVPi3ms | he is praised |
אִ֑ישׁ |
'Ish | H376 | HNcmsa | a person |
וְ/נַעֲוֵה |
ve./na.'a.veh- | H5753 | HC/VNrmsc | and/ a (person) perverted of |
לֵ֝֗ב |
Lev | H3820 | HNcmsa | heart |
יִהְיֶ֥ה |
yih.Yeh | H1961 | HVqi3ms | he will become |
לָ/בֽוּז |
la./Vuz | H937 | HR/Ncmsa | (into)/ contempt |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
- H937 — בּוּז (bûwz, booz): from בּוּז; disrespect; contempt(-uously), despised, shamed.
- H1984 — הָלַל (hâlal, haw-lal'): a primitive root; to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify; (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
- H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
- H5753 — עָוָה (ʻâvâh, aw-vaw'): a primitive root; to crook, literally or figuratively; do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, [idiom] turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
- H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
- H7922 — שֶׂכֶל (sekel, seh'-kel): or שֵׂכֶל; from שָׂכַל; intelligence; by implication, success; discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom, wise.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- 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 — 1 Samuel 13:13, 1 Samuel 25:17, Psalms 132:18, Proverbs 1:26, Proverbs 3:35, Proverbs 5:23, Daniel 12:2, Malachi 2:8-9, Matthew 27:4-5, Acts 12:23
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: HONOUR-DISHONOUR, PERVERSENESS
- Torrey’s: HEART, CHARACTER OF THE UNRENEWED
- Nave’s: HEART, PRUDENCE, WISDOM
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