Hazael said, “What is your servant, who is a mere dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Aram.”
Proverbs 28:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Those who trust in their own wits are fools, but those who walk in wisdom come through safely. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who leans on, trusts in, and is confident of his own mind and heart is a [self-confident] fool, but he who walks in skillful and godly Wisdom shall be delivered. [James 1:5.] American Standard Version (1901) He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Common English Bible Those who trust in their own reasoning are fools, but those who walk in wisdom will be kept safe. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever trusts in his own heart is a fool. But whoever treads wisely, the same shall be saved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved. |
Hazael said, “What is your servant, who is a mere dog, that he should do this great thing?” Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you are to be king over Aram.”
And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
Do you see people wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.
The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse— who can understand it?
For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed, it cannot,
and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.