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Proverbs 26:12 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 26 · verse 12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.Proverbs 26:12 · King James Version
Proverbs 26:12 in context
10The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
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Key words (Strong's)
- conceitʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- Seestrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
- hopetiqvâhliterally a cordH8615 →
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Here is, 1. A spiritual disease supposed, and that is self-conceit: Seest thou a man? Yes, we see many a one, wise in his own conceit, who has some little sense, but is proud of it, thinks it much more than it is, more than any of his neighbours, have, and enough, so that he needs no more, has such a conceit of his…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary