Proverbs 28:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ Those who trust in their own wits are fools, but those who walk in wisdom come through safely.

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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.

Proverbs 28:26 Cross References

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse— who can understand it?

Job 28:28

And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.

Romans 8:7

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,

2 Timothy 3:15

and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

2 Kings 8:13

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 2:12

It will save you from the way of evil, from those who speak perversely,

Proverbs 3:7

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

Proverbs 26:12

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