Verse 15
The way{H1870} of a fool{H191} is right{H3477} in his own eyes;{H5869} But he that is wise{H2450} hearkeneth{H8085} unto counsel.{H6098}
Referenced Verses
- Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise{H2450} in thine own eyes;{H5869} Fear{H3372} Jehovah,{H3068} and depart{H5493} from evil:{H7451}
- Prov 19:20 : 20 Hear{H8085} counsel,{H6098} and receive{H6901} instruction,{H4148} That thou mayest be wise{H2449} in thy latter end.{H319}
- Prov 16:2 : 2 All the ways{H1870} of a man{H376} are clean{H2134} in his own eyes;{H5869} But Jehovah{H3068} weigheth{H8505} the spirits.{H7307}
- Prov 16:25 : 25 There is{H3426} a way{H1870} which seemeth right{H3477} unto{H6440} a man,{H376} But the end{H319} thereof are the ways{H1870} of death.{H4194}
- Prov 14:12 : 12 There is{H3426} a way{H1870} which seemeth right{H3477} unto{H6440} a man;{H376} But the end{H319} thereof are the ways{H1870} of death.{H4194}
- Prov 1:5 : 5 That the wise{H2450} man may hear,{H8085} and increase{H3254} in learning;{H3948} And that the man of understanding{H995} may attain{H7069} unto sound counsels:{H8458}
- Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee{G5330} stood{G2476} and prayed{G4336} thus{G5023} with{G4314} himself,{G1438} God,{G2316} I thank{G2168} thee,{G4671} that{G3754} I am{G1510} not{G3756} as{G5618} the rest{G3062} of men,{G444} extortioners,{G727} unjust,{G94} adulterers,{G3432} or{G2228} even{G2532} as{G5613} this{G3778} publican.{G5057}
- Gal 6:3 : 3 For{G1063} if{G1487} a man{G5100} thinketh{G1380} himself to be{G1511} something{G5100} when he is{G5607} nothing,{G3367} he deceiveth{G5422} himself.{G1438}
- Prov 26:12 : 12 Seest{H7200} thou a man{H376} wise{H2450} in his own conceit?{H5869} There is more hope{H8615} of a fool{H3684} than of him.
- Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise{H2450} man feareth,{H3373} and departeth{H5493} from evil;{H7451} But the fool{H3684} beareth himself insolently,{H5674} and is confident.{H982}
- Prov 9:9 : 9 Give{H5414} [instruction] to a wise{H2450} man, and he will be yet wiser:{H2449} Teach{H3045} a righteous{H6662} man, and he will increase{H3254} in learning.{H3948}
- Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way{H1870} of a man{H376} is right{H3477} in his own eyes;{H5869} But Jehovah{H3068} weigheth{H8505} the hearts.{H3826}
- Prov 26:16 : 16 The sluggard{H6102} is wiser{H2450} in his own conceit{H5869} Than seven men{H7651} that can render{H7725} a reason.{H2940}
- Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation{H1755} that are pure{H2889} in their own eyes,{H5869} And [yet] are not washed{H7364} from their filthiness.{H6675}
- Eccl 4:13 : 13 Better{H2896} is a poor{H4542} and wise{H2450} youth{H3206} than an old{H2205} and foolish{H3684} king,{H4428} who knoweth{H3045} not how to receive admonition{H2094} any more.
- Jer 38:15-28 : 15 Then Jeremiah{H3414} said{H559} unto Zedekiah,{H6667} If I declare{H5046} it unto thee, wilt thou not surely{H4191} put me to death?{H4191} and if I give thee counsel,{H3289} thou wilt not hearken{H8085} unto me. 16 So Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} sware{H7650} secretly{H5643} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} saying,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} that made{H6213} us this soul,{H5315} I will not put thee to death,{H4191} neither will I give{H5414} thee into the hand{H3027} of these men{H582} that seek{H1245} thy life.{H5315} 17 Then said{H559} Jeremiah{H3414} unto Zedekiah,{H6667} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} If thou wilt{H3318} go forth{H3318} unto the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} princes,{H8269} then thy soul{H5315} shall live,{H2421} and this city{H5892} shall not be burned{H8313} with fire;{H784} and thou shalt live,{H2421} and thy house.{H1004} 18 But if thou wilt not go forth{H3318} to the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} princes,{H8269} then shall this city{H5892} be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the Chaldeans,{H3778} and they shall burn{H8313} it with fire,{H784} and thou shalt not escape out{H4422} of their hand.{H3027} 19 And Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} I am afraid{H1672} of the Jews{H3064} that are fallen{H5307} away to the Chaldeans,{H3778} lest they deliver{H5414} me into their hand,{H3027} and they mock{H5953} me. 20 But Jeremiah{H3414} said,{H559} They shall not deliver{H5414} thee. Obey,{H8085} I beseech thee, the voice{H6963} of Jehovah,{H3068} in that which I speak{H1696} unto thee: so it shall be well{H3190} with thee, and thy soul{H5315} shall live.{H2421} 21 But if thou refuse{H3986} to go forth,{H3318} this is the word{H1697} that Jehovah{H3068} hath showed{H7200} me: 22 behold, all the women{H802} that are left{H7604} in the king{H4428} of Judah's{H3063} house{H1004} shall be brought forth{H3318} to the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} princes,{H8269} and those women shall say,{H559} Thy familiar friends{H582} have set thee on,{H5496} and have prevailed{H3201} over thee: [now that] thy feet{H7272} are sunk{H2883} in the mire,{H1206} they are turned away{H5472} back.{H268} 23 And they shall bring out{H3318} all thy wives{H802} and thy children{H1121} to the Chaldeans;{H3778} and thou shalt not escape out{H4422} of their hand,{H3027} but shalt be taken{H8610} by the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon:{H894} and thou shalt cause this city{H5892} to be burned{H8313} with fire.{H784} 24 Then said{H559} Zedekiah{H6667} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} Let no man{H376} know{H3045} of these words,{H1697} and thou shalt not die.{H4191} 25 But if the princes{H8269} hear{H8085} that I have talked{H1696} with thee, and they come{H935} unto thee, and say{H559} unto thee, Declare{H5046} unto us now what thou hast said{H1696} unto the king;{H4428} hide{H3582} it not from us, and we will not put thee to death;{H4191} also what the king{H4428} said{H1696} unto thee: 26 then thou shalt say{H559} unto them, I presented{H5307} my supplication{H8467} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} that he would not cause me to return{H7725} to Jonathan's{H3083} house,{H1004} to die{H4191} there. 27 Then came{H935} all the princes{H8269} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} and asked{H7592} him; and he told{H5046} them according to all these words{H1697} that the king{H4428} had commanded.{H6680} So they left off speaking{H2790} with him; for the matter{H1697} was not perceived.{H8085} 28 So Jeremiah{H3414} abode{H3427} in the court{H2691} of the guard{H4307} until the day{H3117} that Jerusalem{H3389} was taken.{H3920}
- Prov 28:11 : 11 The rich{H6223} man{H376} is wise{H2450} in his own conceit;{H5869} But the poor{H1800} that hath understanding{H995} searcheth him out.{H2713}