Proverbs 26:12
רָאִיתָ אִישׁ חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו תִּקְוָה לִכְסִיל מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
11כְּכֶלֶב שָׁב עַל ־ קֵאוֹ כְּסִיל שׁוֹנֶה בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ ׃
13אָמַר עָצֵל שַׁחַל בַּדָּרֶךְ אֲרִי בֵּין הָרְחֹבֽוֹת ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 12:15דֶּרֶךְ אֱוִיל יָשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו וְשֹׁמֵעַ לְעֵצָה חָכָֽם ׃
Proverbs 26:5עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן ־ יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָֽיו ׃
Proverbs 28:11חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו אִישׁ עָשִׁיר וְדַל מֵבִין יַחְקְרֶֽנּוּ ׃
Proverbs 29:20חָזִיתָ אִישׁ אָץ בִּדְבָרָיו תִּקְוָה לִכְסִיל מִמֶּֽנּוּ ׃
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 →