Proverbs 28:26 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ 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)

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Those who trust in their own reasoning are fools, but those who walk in wisdom will be kept safe.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ 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

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved.

Proverbs 28:26 Cross References

2 Kings 8:13

And Haz´a-el said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Eli´sha answered, The Lord hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Proverbs 2:12

to deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

Proverbs 26:12

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

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Romans 8:7

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

James 1:5

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.