Proverbs 26:12
Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
In Context
11Like a dog that returns to his vomit, so also is the imprudent who repeats his foolishness.
13The lazy one says, “There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads.”
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of the foolish is right in his own eyes. But whoever is wise listens to counsels.
Proverbs 26:5Respond to the foolish according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.
Proverbs 28:11The rich one seems wise to himself. But the poor one, being prudent, shall evaluate him.
Proverbs 29:20Have you seen a man rushing to speak? Foolishness has more hope than his correction.
Matthew 21:31Which of the two did the will of the father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them: “Amen I say to you, that tax collectors and prostitutes shall precede you, into the kingdom of God.
Luke 18:11Standing, the Pharisee prayed within himself in this way: ‘O God, I give thanks to you that I am not like the rest of men: robbers, unjust, adulterers, even as this tax collector chooses to be.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:12
11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. See here, 1. What an abominable thing sin is, and how hateful sometimes it is made to appear, even to the sinner himself. When his conscience is convinced, or he feels smart from his sin, he is sick of it, and vomits it up; he seems then to detest it and to be willing to part with it. It is in itself, and, first or last, will be to the sinner, more loathsome than the vomit of a dog, Ps. xxxvi. 2 . 2. How apt sinners are to relapse into it… Read the whole commentary →