Bible verse
The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
Proverbs 3:35 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 3.
31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
32 for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
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.
KJV
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
ASV
The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.
ERV
The wise shall inherit glory; but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
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