Verse 35

The wise will inherit honor, but fools get only shame.

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  • 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: I certainly said that your house and your father’s house would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  • Ps 73:24 : 24 You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory.
  • Ps 132:18 : 18 'I will clothe his enemies with shame, but upon him, his crown will shine brightly.'
  • Prov 4:8 : 8 Prize her, and she will exalt you; she will honor you when you embrace her.
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 A person's wealth may ransom their life, but the poor hear no threat.
  • Isa 65:13-15 : 13 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, my servants will eat, but you will go hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.' 14 Behold, my servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from the pain of your hearts and wail from a broken spirit. 15 You will leave behind your name as a curse for my chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will put you to death; but to his servants, he will give another name.
  • Dan 12:2-3 : 2 Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.