Proverbs 28:11
Many rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Job 32:9It is not people becoming old that enables them to be wise; not all old people understand what is right.
Proverbs 18:17The first person to present his case in court seems right, but when ◄someone else/his opponent► begins to ask him questions, it may become clear that what he said was not true.
Proverbs 23:4Do not cause yourself to become very tired by working very hard to become rich; be wise and stop doing that,
Proverbs 26:16Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer others’ questions with good sense.
Isaiah 5:21Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they ◄are very clever/know everything►.
Ezekiel 28:3You think that you are wiser than Daniel was, and you think that you can understand every secret.
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 →