the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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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.
Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then 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 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.
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
Forsothe Abraham was eld, and of many daies, and the Lord hadde blessid hym in alle thingis.
and the Lord hath blessid my lord greetli, and he is maad greet; and God yaf to hym scheep, and oxun, siluer, and gold, seruauntis, and handmaides, camels, and assis.
and be thou a pilgrym ther ynne; and Y schal be with thee, and Y schal blesse thee; for Y schal yyue alle these cuntrees to thee and to thi seed, and Y schal fille the ooth which Y bihiyte to Abraham, thi fadir.
And whanne he was axid of men of that place of his wijf, he answarde, Sche is my sistir; for he dredde to knowleche that sche was felouschipid to hym in matrymonye, and gesside lest peraduenture thei wolden sle him for the fairnesse of hir.
And whanne ful many daies weren passid, and he dwellide there, Abymelech, kyng of Palestyns, bihelde bi a wyndow, and seiy hym pleiynge with Rebecca, his wijf.
And Abymelech seide, Whi hast thou disseyued vs? Sum man of the puple myyte do letcherie with thi wijf, and thou haddist brouyt in greuous synne on vs. And the kyng comaundide to al the puple,
and seide, He that touchith the wijf of this man schal die bi deeth.
that thou do not ony yuel to vs, as we touchiden `not ony thing of thine, nethir diden that that hirtide thee, but with pees we leften thee encressid bi the blessyng of the Lord.
thou haddist litil bifore that Y cam to thee, and now thou art maad riche, and the Lord blesside thee at myn entryng; therfor it is iust that Y purueye sum tyme also to myn hows.
Forsothe the Lord blesside the laste thingis of Joob, more than the bigynnyng of hym; and fouretene thousynde of scheep weren maad to hym, and sixe thousinde of camels, and a thousynde yockis of oxis, and a thousynde femal assis.
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.
