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Proverbs 26:12
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Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Do you see a person wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
There is more hope for a foolish person than for those who think they are wise.
Do you see a man [who is unteachable and] wise in his own eyes and full of self-conceit? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
There is more hope for a fool than for someone who says, "I'm really smart!"
Do you see someone who thinks himself wise? There is more hope for a fool than for him!
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
People who think they are wise when they are not are worse than fools.
If you should see a man wise in his own eyes, a fool is much better than he.
The most stupid fool is better off than those who think they are wise when they are not.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
Seest thou a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceit? There is more hope of a foole then of him.
If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Thou hast seyn a man seme wijs to hym silf; an vnkunnyng man schal haue hope more than he.
Do you see a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Do you see persons wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.
Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye, - more hope of a dullard, than of him!
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!
See that man who thinks he's so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Seest: Proverbs 22:29, Proverbs 29:20, Matthew 21:31, Luke 7:44
a man: Proverbs 26:5, Proverbs 26:16, Proverbs 28:11, Proverbs 29:20, Matthew 21:31, Luke 18:11, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 3:19, 2 Corinthians 8:1, 2 Corinthians 8:2, Revelation 3:17
Reciprocal: Proverbs 3:7 - Be Proverbs 12:15 - way Proverbs 14:6 - scorner Proverbs 23:4 - cease Proverbs 30:32 - thou hast done Isaiah 5:21 - wise Ezekiel 28:5 - thy great wisdom Matthew 6:23 - If Luke 11:35 - General John 9:34 - and dost John 9:41 - If John 11:49 - Ye Acts 17:18 - babbler Romans 1:22 - General Romans 2:19 - art confident Romans 11:25 - lest Romans 12:3 - not to 1 Corinthians 8:2 - if 2 Corinthians 10:12 - are not wise Galatians 6:3 - if 1 Timothy 6:4 - He
Cross-References
Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, that he is become great: for he hath giuen him sheepe, and beeues, and siluer, and golde, and men seruants, and maide seruants, and camels, and asses.
Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father.
And the men of the place asked him of his wife, and he sayd, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife, least, sayde he, the men of the place shoulde kill me, because of Rebekah: for she was beautifull to the eye.
So after hee had bene there long time, Abimelech King of the Philistims looked out at a windowe, and loe, he sawe Izhak sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Then Abimelech said, Why hast thou done this vnto vs? one of the people had almost lien by thy wife, so shouldest thou haue brought sinne vpon vs.
Then Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man, or his wife, shal die the death.
If thou shalt do vs no hurt, as we haue not touched thee, and as we haue done vnto thee nothing but good, and sent thee away in peace: thou nowe, the blessed of the Lord, doe this.
For the litle, that thou haddest before I came, is increased into a multitude: and the Lorde hath blessed thee by my comming: but nowe when shall I trauell for mine owne house also?
So the Lorde blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first: for he had foureteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, & a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit,.... Or "in his own eyes" b; as multitudes may be seen, by looking round; man is a creature but of small knowledge in things natural, civil, mechanical, philosophical, moral, or divine; yet greatly conceited for the most part of his knowledge and wisdom. As by a "fool" in this book is generally understood a wicked profane man, so by a wise man is meant a good and righteous man, and may be so understood here; and many there are who are good and righteous only their own conceit and esteem, not truly so; they place their righteousness in outward things, in the observance of external duties; and though there may be some little imperfection in them, yet they think, as they mean well, God will accept the will for the deed: and some have imagined they have arrived to perfection; and such are generally conceited, proud, and haughty, and despise others; all which flows from ignorance; for, though they fancy themselves to be wise, they are very ignorant of themselves; of the plague of their own hearts; of the law of God, and the spirituality of it, and the extensiveness of its demands; of the strict justice and righteousness of God, which will not admit of an imperfect righteousness in the room of a perfect one; and also of the righteousness of Jesus Christ, the nature and necessity of that to justify: and this being their case, they are in very dangerous circumstances; they are building on a sand; they are liable to fall into a ditch; they cannot be justified nor saved by their own works; they oppose themselves to God's way of justifying and saving sinners; and he sets himself against them, he resisteth the proud. Wherefore
[there is] more hope of a fool than of him; of a profane sinner than of a self-righteous person; for Christ came to save sinners, to call them to repentance, and he receives them as such; but not self-righteous persons; and, humanly speaking, there is a greater likelihood and greater hopes of convincing sinners, and bringing them to repentance and to forsake their sins, than there is of convincing a self-righteous man of the insufficiency of his righteousness, and the folly of trusting to it, and of bringing him to repent of such a confidence, and to forsake it; for it is most natural to him; it is his own, and the effect of great labour and pains; and encourages vanity and boasting, which would be excluded should he part with it; see Matthew 21:31.
b בעיניו "in oculis suis", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, &c.
