Proverbs 28:11

The Message

The rich think they know it all, but the poor can see right through them.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:11

The rich think their wealth protects them; they imagine themselves safe behind it.

Proverbs 18:17

The first speech in a court case is always convincing— until the cross-examination starts!

Proverbs 19:1

Better to be poor and honest than a rich person no one can trust.

Proverbs 23:4

Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; restrain yourself! Riches disappear in the blink of an eye; wealth sprouts wings and flies off into the wild blue yonder.

Proverbs 26:12

See that man who thinks he’s so smart? You can expect far more from a fool than from him.

Proverbs 26:16

Dreamers fantasize their self-importance; they think they are smarter than a whole college faculty.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool in simple terms so he doesn’t get a swelled head.

Isaiah 5:21

Doom to you who think you’re so smart, who hold such a high opinion of yourselves! All you’re good at is drinking—champion boozers who collect trophies from drinking bouts And then line your pockets with bribes from the guilty while you violate the rights of the innocent.

Romans 11:25

I want to lay all this out on the table as clearly as I can, friends. This is complicated. It would be easy to misinterpret what’s going on and arrogantly assume that you’re royalty and they’re just rabble, out on their ears for good. But that’s not it at all. This hardness on the part of insider Israel toward God is temporary. Its effect is to open things up to all the outsiders so that we end up with a full house. Before it’s all over, there will be a complete Israel. As it is written, A champion will stride down from the mountain of Zion; he’ll clean house in Jacob. And this is my commitment to my people: removal of their sins. From your point of view as you hear and embrace the good news of the Message, it looks like the Jews are God’s enemies. But looked at from the long-range perspective of God’s overall purpose, they remain God’s oldest friends. God’s gifts and God’s call are under full warranty—never canceled, never rescinded.

1 Timothy 6:17

Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage—to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous. If they do that, they’ll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.