THEOSISProverbs 28:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is prudent shall search him out.
חָכָ֣ם בְּ֭עֵינָיו אִ֣ישׁ עָשִׁ֑יר וְדַ֖ל מֵבִ֣ין יַחְקְרֶֽנּוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 18:17The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him.
- Prov 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.
- Rom 12:16Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.
- Eccl 9:15Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man.
- Eccl 9:17The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.
- Prov 23:4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
- 1 Tim 6:17Charge the rich of this world not to be highminded nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God (who giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy)
- Luke 16:13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love the other: or he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.