Proverbs 28:11
The rich see themselves as wise, but poor people with insight see right through them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
In Context
12When good people win, everyone celebrates, but when the wicked come to power, people hide.
Cross References
Job 32:9It is not the old who are wise, or the elderly who know what is right.
Proverbs 18:17The first person to plead a case sounds right until someone comes to cross-examine them.
Proverbs 23:4Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich—be wise enough not to bother!
Proverbs 26:16In their own eyes lazy people are wiser than many sensible advisors.
Isaiah 5:21Tragedy is coming to you who are wise in your own eyes and think you're so clever.
Ezekiel 28:3You even think you're wiser than Daniel and there's no secret that's hidden from you!
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:11
10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. Here is, 1. The doom of seducers, who attempt to draw good people, or those who profess to be such, into sin and mischief, who take pride in causing the righteous to go astray in an evil way, in drawing them into a snare, that they may insult over them. They shall not gain their point; it is impossible to deceive the elect. But they shall fall themselves into… Read the whole commentary →