Proverbs 12:15

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Summary

Proverbs 12:15

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Way

But

Jeremiah 38:15

General references

Proverbs 14:12

Proverbs 26:16

Bible References

Way

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

But

That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.

General references

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.