Proverbs 12:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דֶּ֣רֶךְ אֱ֭וִיל יָשָׁ֣ר בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְשֹׁמֵ֖עַ לְעֵצָ֣ה חָכָֽם׃

Transliteration

dereḵ ʾĕwîl yāšār bəʿênāyw wəšōmēaʿ ləʿēṣāh ḥāḵām

Grammar Details

• *dereḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - way of
• *ʾĕwîl*: noun, masculine singular - fool
• *yāšār*: adjective, masculine singular - right/straight
• *bəʿênāyw*: preposition + noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his eyes
• *wəšōmēaʿ*: conjunction + verb, qal participle, masculine singular construct - and one who listens to
• *ləʿēṣāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - to advice/counsel
• *ḥāḵām*: adjective, masculine singular - wise

Word Meanings

• *dereḵ*: way/path/manner
• *ʾĕwîl*: fool/foolish one
• *yāšār*: right/straight/correct/proper
• *ʿayin*: eye/sight/perspective
• *šōmēaʿ*: one who listens to/heeds
• *ʿēṣāh*: advice/counsel
• *ḥāḵām*: wise/wise person

Referenced Verses

• Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
• Prov 19:20 : 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
• Prov 16:2 : 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
• Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
• Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
• Prov 1:5 : 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
• Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
• Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
• Prov 26:12 : 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
• Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
• Prov 9:9 : 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
• Prov 26:16 : 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
• Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
• Eccl 4:13 : 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
• Jer 38:15-28 : 15 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, wilt thou not hearken unto me? 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. 17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: 18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. 19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: 22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. 23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. 24 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: 26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. 27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
• Prov 28:11 : 11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.