Proverbs 28:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 Hazael said, But what is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed 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 evil, From the men that speak 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 upon 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 it is desperately sick: who can know it?

Romans 8:7

because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:

2 Timothy 3:15

and that from a babe thou hast known the sacred writings which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

James 1:5

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.