The Meaning of Proverbs 12:8 Explained

Proverbs 12:8

KJV: A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

YLT: According to his wisdom is a man praised, And the perverted of heart becometh despised.

Darby: A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.

ASV: A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A man  shall be commended  according  to his wisdom:  but he that is of a perverse  heart  shall be despised. 

What does Proverbs 12:8 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 12

1  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge

What do the individual words in Proverbs 12:8 mean?

According to his wisdom will be commended a man but he who is of a perverse heart will be despised
לְֽפִי־ שִׂ֭כְלוֹ יְהֻלַּל־ אִ֑ישׁ וְנַעֲוֵה־ לֵ֝֗ב יִהְיֶ֥ה לָבֽוּז

לְֽפִי־  According  to 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
שִׂ֭כְלוֹ  his  wisdom 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: שֶׂכֶל  
Sense: prudence, insight, understanding.
יְהֻלַּל־  will  be  commended 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַל 
Sense: to shine.
אִ֑ישׁ  a  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְנַעֲוֵה־  but  he  who  is  of  a  perverse 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular construct
Root: עָוָה 
Sense: to bend, twist, distort.
לֵ֝֗ב  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
יִהְיֶ֥ה  will  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לָבֽוּז  despised 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בּוּז  
Sense: contempt.