Proverbs 12:15

The Passion Translation

A fool is in love with his own opinion, but wisdom means being teachable.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:5

For the wise, these proverbs will make you even wiser, and for those with discernment, you will be able to acquire brilliant strategies for leadership.

Proverbs 13:1

A wise son or daughter desires a father’s discipline, but the know-it-all never listens to correction.

Proverbs 13:10

Wisdom opens your heart to receive wise counsel, but pride closes your ears to advice and gives birth only to quarrels and strife.

Proverbs 14:12

You can rationalize it all you want and justify the path of error you have chosen, but you’ll find out in the end that you took the road to destruction.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise person is careful in all things and turns quickly from evil, while the impetuous fool moves ahead with overconfidence.

Proverbs 16:2

We are all in love with our own opinions, convinced they’re correct. But the Lord is in the midst of us, testing and probing our every motive.

Proverbs 16:25

Before every person there is a path that seems like the right one to take, but it leads straight to hell!

Proverbs 19:20

Listen well to wise counsel and be willing to learn from correction so that by the end of your life you’ll be known for your wisdom.

Proverbs 21:2

We may think we’re right all the time, but God thoroughly examines our motives.

Proverbs 26:12

There’s only one thing worse than a fool, and that’s the smug, conceited man always in love with his own opinions.

Proverbs 26:16

A self-righteous person is convinced he’s smarter than seven wise counselors who tell him the truth.

Proverbs 28:11

The wealthy in their conceit presume to be wise, but a poor person with discernment can see right through them.

Proverbs 3:7

Don’t think for a moment that you know it all, for wisdom comes when you adore him with undivided devotion and avoid everything that’s wrong.

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation rising that considers themselves to be pure in their own eyes, yet they are morally filthy, unwashed, and unclean.

Proverbs 9:9

Teach a wise man what is right and he’ll grow even wiser. Instruct the lovers of God and they’ll learn even more.

Luke 18:11

The religious leader stood apart from the others and prayed, ‘How I thank you, O God, that I’m not wicked like everyone else. They’re cheaters, swindlers, and crooks—like that tax collector over there. God, you know that I never cheat or commit adultery; I fast from food twice a week and I give you a tenth of all I earn.’

Galatians 6:3

If you think you are somebody too important to stoop down to help another (when really you are not), you are living in deception.