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Proverbs 3:35

Proverbs 3:35 is verse 35 of Proverbs chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

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King James Version

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

World English Bible

The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.

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Proverbs 3:33–35 · Berean Standard Bible

33 The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 4:8

Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

Psalms 73:24

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

Proverbs 13:8

Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat.

Psalms 132:18

I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown upon him will gleam.”

Isaiah 65:13

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.

Isaiah 65:14

My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

Isaiah 65:15

You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

Daniel 12:2

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Daniel 12:3

Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

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