Proverbs 26:12
Have you seen a man who is wise in his own eyes? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
Free Bible 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
11Stupid people repeat their stupidity like a dog returning to its vomit.
13Lazy people are the ones who say, “There's a lion on the road—a lion running around the streets!”
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15Stupid people think they're on the right track, but if you're wise you listen to advice.
Proverbs 26:5Answer stupid people following their stupidity, otherwise they'll think they're wise.
Proverbs 28:11The rich see themselves as wise, but poor people with insight see right through them.
Proverbs 29:20Have you seen a man who speaks without thinking? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
Matthew 21:31Which of the two sons did what his father wanted?” “The first,” they answered. “I tell you the truth: tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you,” Jesus told them.
Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood up and prayed to himself, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—cheats, criminals, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
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 →