Proverbs 28:11

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Summary

Proverbs 28:11

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

Rich

His own conceit

The poor

Bible References

Rich

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. And I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. And like a valiant man I have brought down those

Behold, thou are wiser than Daniel. There is no secret that is hidden from thee.

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.

Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

His own conceit

The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.

thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

The poor

He who pleads his case first [seems] just, but his neighbor comes and searches him out.

Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

Now there was found in it a poor wise man. And he by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man.