Proverbs 28:11

New American Bible - revised edition

The rich are wise in their own eyes, but the poor who are intelligent see through them.

Cross References

Job 32:9

It is not those of many days who are wise, nor the aged who understand the right.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is their strong city; they fancy it a high wall.

Proverbs 18:17

Those who plead the case first seem to be in the right; then the opponent comes and cross-examines them.

Proverbs 19:1

Better to be poor and walk in integrity than rich and crooked in one’s ways.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to gain wealth, cease to be worried about it;

Proverbs 26:12

You see those who are wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.

Proverbs 26:16

In their own eyes sluggards are wiser than seven who answer with good judgment.

Proverbs 26:5

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

Proverbs 3:7

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

Isaiah 5:21

Ah! Those who are wise in their own eyes, prudent in their own view!

Romans 11:25

I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not become wise [in] your own estimation: a hardening has come upon Israel in part, until the full number of the Gentiles comes in,

Romans 12:16

Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly; do not be wise in your own estimation.

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell the rich in the present age not to be proud and not to rely on so uncertain a thing as wealth but rather on God, who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.