Proverbs 26:12 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Do you see persons wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do you see a man wise in his own eyes and conceit? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him. [Prov. 29:20; Luke 18:11; Rom. 12:16; Rev. 3:17.] American Standard Version (1901) Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Common English Bible Do you see people who consider themselves wise? There is more hope for a fool than for them. Catholic Public Domain Version Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him. |
Do you see those who are skillful in their work? they will serve kings; they will not serve common people.
The lazy person is wiser in self-esteem than seven who can answer discreetly.
Answer fools according to their folly, or they will be wise in their own eyes.
The rich is wise in self-esteem, but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.
Those who trust in their own wits are fools; but those who walk in wisdom come through safely.
Do you see someone who is hasty in speech? There is more hope for a fool than for anyone like that.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
Ah, you who are wise in your own eyes, and shrewd in your own sight!
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.
The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has bathed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.
For you say, ‘I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing.’ You do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.