Proverbs 28:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The rich is wise in self-esteem, but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.

Cross References

Job 32:9

It is not the old who are wise nor the aged who understand what is right.

Proverbs 18:11

The wealth of the rich is their strong city; in their imagination it is like a high wall.

Proverbs 18:17

The one who first states a case seems right, until the other comes and cross-examines.

Proverbs 19:1

Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.

Proverbs 23:4

Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist.

Proverbs 26:12

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

Proverbs 26:16

The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer fools according to their folly, lest they be 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

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

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.

1 Timothy 6:17

As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.