Proverbs 12:8-10

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁸ A man shall be commended according to his Wisdom [godly Wisdom, which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God], but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

⁹ Better is he who is lightly esteemed but works for his own support than he who assumes honor for himself and lacks bread.

¹⁰ A [consistently] righteous man regards the life of his beast, but even the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.^(A)