Proverbs 26:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Do you see people wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.

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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 29:20

Do you see someone who is hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.

Proverbs 28:11

The rich is wise in self-esteem, but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.

Revelation 3:17

For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer fools according to their folly, lest they be wise in their own eyes.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 7:44

Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

Proverbs 26:16

The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see those who are skillful in their work? They will serve kings; they will not serve common people.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

Proverbs 12:15

Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to advice.

Proverbs 28:26

Those who trust in their own wits are fools, but those who walk in wisdom come through safely.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and shrewd in their own sight!