Proverbs 28:11

A Conservative Version

The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but a poor man who has understanding searches him out.

Cross References

Romans 12:16

thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

Proverbs 26:16

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.

Proverbs 18:17

He who pleads his case first [seems] just, but his neighbor comes and searches him out.

1 Timothy 6:17

Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

Romans 11:25

For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.

Isaiah 5:21

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

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs 23:4

Weary not thyself to be rich. Out of thine own wisdom, cease.

Proverbs 19:1

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

Proverbs 18:11

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

Job 32:9

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 26:12

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