Catholic Public Domain Version
"A man will be known by his doctrine. But whoever is vain and heartless will suffer contempt."
— Proverbs 12:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.”
“A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.”
“A person will be praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one with a bewildered mind will be despised.”
“A man will be praised in the measure of his wisdom, but a wrong-minded man will be looked down on.”
“A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.”
The thoughts of the just are judgments. And the counsels of the impious are dishonest.
The words of the impious lie in wait for blood. The mouth of the just shall free them.
Turn from the impious, and they will not be. But the house of the just shall stand firm.
A man will be known by his doctrine. But whoever is vain and heartless will suffer contempt.
Better is a pauper who has what he needs, than someone glorious and in need of bread.
The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.
Whoever works his land shall be satisfied with bread. But whoever continually pursues leisure is most foolish. Whoever is soothed by lingering over wine leaves behind contempt in his strongholds.