Proverbs 26:12 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹² 9 So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Do you see a man wise in his own eyes and conceit? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him. [Prov. 29:20; Luke 18:11; Rom. 12:16; Rev. 3:17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Common English Bible

¹² Do you see people who consider themselves wise? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.

Proverbs 26:12 Cross References

Proverbs 12:15

2 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal faithfully please him.

Proverbs 22:29

Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

Proverbs 26:16

3 Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.

Proverbs 26:5

2 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 28:11

8 He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Proverbs 28:26

A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet.

Proverbs 29:20

7 The just abhor the wicked man: and the wicked loathe them that are in the right way. The son that keepeth the word, shall be free from destruction.

Proverbs 3:7

4 The purchasing thereof is better than the merchandise of silver, and her fruit than the chiefest and purest gold:

Isaiah 5:21

9 Their roaring like that of a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea they shall roar, and take hold of the prey, and they shall keep fast hold of it, and there shall be none to deliver it.

Matthew 21:31

9 And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

Luke 18:11

9 And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good but God alone.

Luke 7:44

And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities; Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven devils were gone forth,

John 9:41

All others, as many as have come, are thieves and robbers: and the sheep heard them not.

Romans 12:16

For he is God's minister to thee, for good. But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is God's minister: an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.

Revelation 3:17

And round about the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats, four and twenty ancients sitting, clothed in white garments, and on their heads were crowns of gold.