Proverbs 12:15

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The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
  • Prov 19:20 : 20 Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.
  • Prov 16:2 : 2 All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates the motives.
  • Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
  • Prov 14:12 : 12 There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
  • Prov 1:5 : 5 (Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers– or even like this tax collector.
  • Gal 6:3 : 3 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning.
  • Prov 21:2 : 2 All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.
  • Prov 26:16 : 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.
  • Prov 30:12 : 12 There is a generation who are pure in their own opinion and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 Labor Motivated by Prestige-Seeking A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice.
  • Jer 38:15-28 : 15 Jeremiah said to Zedekiah,“If I answer you, you will certainly kill me. If I give you advice, you will not listen to me.” 16 So King Zedekiah made a secret promise to Jeremiah and sealed it with an oath. He promised,“As surely as the LORD lives who has given us life and breath, I promise you this: I will not kill you or hand you over to those men who want to kill you.” 17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah,“The LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says,‘You must surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon. If you do, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down. Indeed, you and your whole family will be spared. 18 But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.’” 19 Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah,“I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me.” 20 Then Jeremiah answered,“You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the LORD by doing what I have been telling you. Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared. 21 But if you refuse to surrender, the LORD has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw: 22 All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying,‘Your trusted friends misled you; they have gotten the best of you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they have turned their backs on you.’ 23 “All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the king of Babylon. This city will be burned down.” 24 Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah,“Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. If you do, you will die. 25 The officials may hear that I have talked with you. They may come to you and say,‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you. Do not hide anything from us. If you do, we will kill you.’ 26 If they do this, tell them,‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan’s house.’” 27 All the officials did indeed come and question Jeremiah. He told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. They stopped questioning him any further because no one had actually heard their conversation. 28 So Jeremiah remained confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse until the day Jerusalem was captured.The Fall of Jerusalem and Its AftermathThe following events occurred when Jerusalem was captured.
  • Prov 28:11 : 11 A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

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    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

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    16A fool’s annoyance is known at once, but the prudent conceals dishonor.

  • Prov 15:20-22
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    20A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

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    16Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

  • Eccl 10:2-3
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.

  • Prov 26:12
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    12You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 29:11
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  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

  • Prov 12:23
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  • Prov 28:26
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    26The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Prov 10:8-9
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    8The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

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    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 14:15-17
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    15A naive person will believe anything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

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    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

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  • Eccl 7:5
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    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

  • Prov 19:1
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  • 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 unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    14The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

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    17The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.

  • Prov 19:20
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    20Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life.

  • Prov 1:5
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    5(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)

  • Prov 8:5
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    5You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

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    23Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment.

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    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

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    31The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

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