Proverbs 12:15

New International Version

The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:5

let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.

Proverbs 13:10

Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

Proverbs 14:12

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

Proverbs 14:16

The wise fear the Lord and shun evil, but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.

Proverbs 16:2

All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

Proverbs 21:2

A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.

Proverbs 26:16

A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.

Proverbs 28:11

The rich are wise in their own eyes; one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.

Proverbs 30:12

those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone thinks they are something when they are not, they deceive themselves.