Alliance News Proverbs 12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. There are persons in this world — and the pity is that there are not more of them — who care less for praise than for appreciation. They have an ideal after which they are striving, but of which they consciously fall short, as every one who has a lofty ideal is sure to do. When that ideal is recognised by another, and they are praised or commended for something — let that something be important or not — in its direction, they are grateful, not for the praise, but for appreciation. An element of sympathy enters into that recognition, and they feel that they have something in common with the observer who admires what they admire, and praises what they think is most worthy of praise. (Alliance News.) Parallel Verses KJV: A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.WEB: A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he who has a warped mind shall be despised. |
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