God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 3:35
35Wise people will inherit honor, but fools will bear disgrace.
Proverbs 3:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
- New International Version (NIV)The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wise shall inherit glory, But shame shall be the legacy of fools.
Context of Proverbs 3:35
33The Lord curses the house of wicked people, but he blesses the home of righteous people. 34When he mocks the mockers, he is gracious to humble people. Wise people will inherit honor, but fools will bear disgrace.
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כָּ֭בוֹד חֲכָמִ֣ים יִנְחָ֑לוּ וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מֵרִ֥ים קָלֽוֹן׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 3:35
- Proverbs 4:8Cherish wisdom. It will raise you up. It will bring you honor when you embrace it.
- 1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore, the Lord God of Israel declares: I certainly thought that your family and your father’s family would always live in my presence. “But now the Lord declares: I promise that I will honor those who honor me, and those who despise me will be considered insignificant.
- Psalms 73:24With your advice you guide me, and in the end you will take me to glory.
- Proverbs 13:8A person’s riches are the ransom for his life, but the poor person does not pay attention to threats.
- Psalms 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on my anointed one will shine.”
- Isaiah 65:13This is what the Lord God says: My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will be glad, but you will be ashamed.
- Daniel 12:2Many sleeping in the ground will wake up. Some will wake up to live forever, but others will wake up to be ashamed and disgraced forever.
Commentaries on Proverbs 3:35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35The wise - The person who follows the dictates of wisdom, as mentioned above, shall inherit glory; because, being one of the heavenly family, a child of God, he has thereby heaven for his inheritance; but fools, such as those mentioned chapters 1 and 2, shall have ignominy for their exaltation. Many such fools as Solomon speaks of are exalted to the gibbet and gallows. The way to prevent this and the like evils, is to attend to the voice of wisdom.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-35Verses 27-35 A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. From them to whom it is due - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought that the so-called possession of wealth is but a stewardship; that the true owners of what we call our own are those to whom, with it, we may do good. Not to relieve them is a breach of trust. Proverbs 3:28 Procrastination is especially fatal to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-35Verses 27-35 Our business is to observe the precepts of Christ, and to copy his example; to do justice, to love mercy, and to beware of covetousness; to be ready for every good work, avoiding needless strife, and bearing evils, if possible, rather than seeking redress by law. It will be found there is little got by striving. Let us not envy prosperous oppressors; far be it from the disciples of Christ to choose any of their ways. These truths may be…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 32-3532-35. Reasons for the warning. froward--(Pr 2:15). secret ... righteous--in their communion (Am 3:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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