Proverbs 26:12
You have seen a man wise in his own eyes, || More hope of a fool than of him!
Literal Standard 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
11As a dog has returned to its vomit, || A fool is repeating his folly.
13The slothful has said, || “A lion [is] in the way, || A lion [is] in the broad places.”
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes, || And whoever is listening to counsel [is] wise.
Proverbs 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, || Lest he is wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 28:11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, || And the intelligent poor searches him.
Proverbs 29:20You have seen a man hasty in his words! More hope of a fool than of him.
Matthew 21:31which of the two did the will of the father?” They say to Him, “The first.” Jesus says to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes go before you into the Kingdom of God,
Luke 18:11the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank You that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as 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 →