The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
The wise shall inherit (literally, shall possess by inheritance, 1 Peter 1:3-4 ) glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools - literally, shame (is) exalting fools. When they seem to be exalted, it is only that they my be at last put to shame. All their good things will be reversed. When glory shall be the promotion and perculiar and permanent inheritance of the godly wise, shame shall be the only promotion that ungodly fools shall have.