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

Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:

A wise man, feareth, and avoideth evil, but, a dullard, is haughty and confident.

All the ways of a man, may be pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye, - more hope of a dullard, than of him!

Wise in his own eyes, is the man that is rich, but, a poor man of discernment, searcheth him out.

A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,

The Pharisee, taking his stand, these things unto himself was praying: O God! I thank thee, that I am not like the rest of men, - extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or, even as this tax-collector;

For, if any one thinketh he is something, when he is, nothing, he deceiveth himself;

But

A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,

Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

Hear counsel, receive correction, that thou mayest be wise in thine after-life.

Better a boy poor and wise, - than a king, old and stupid, who knoweth not how to take warning any longer.

Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, When I tell thee, wilt thou not, surely put me to death? And when I counsel thee, thou wilt not hearken unto me.

General references

There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death!

Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment.