Proverbs 12:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

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  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
  • Prov 19:20 : 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.
  • Prov 16:2 : 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.
  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.
  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if a man thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be even wiser: teach a righteous 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 weighs the hearts.
  • Prov 26:16 : 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give an answer.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes and yet is not cleansed from their filthiness.
  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who will not be admonished anymore.
  • Jer 38:15-28 : 15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, will you not listen to me? 16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life. 17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If you will assuredly go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you shall live, and your house. 18 But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand. 19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of the LORD, which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live. 21 But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me: 22 And, behold, all the women who 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, Your friends have set you on and have prevailed against you; your feet are sunk in the mire, and they have turned away back. 23 So they shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon; and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire. 24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die. 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and say to you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you: 26 Then you shall say to 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 all the princes came to Jeremiah and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 28 So Jeremiah stayed 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 eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

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  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16A fool's wrath is immediately known, but a prudent man covers shame.

  • Prov 15:20-22
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    20A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

    22Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a fool lays open his folly.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 29:11
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    11A fool utters all his mind; but a wise man keeps it in till afterward.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

  • Prov 28:26
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    26He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks wisely shall be delivered.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Prov 10:8-9
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 14:15-17
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    15The simple believes every word, but the prudent man considers his steps carefully.

    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Eccl 7:5
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    5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.

  • Prov 19:20
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    20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel;

  • Prov 8:5
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    5O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 15:31
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    31The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.