THEOSISProverbs 28:26Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved.
בּוֹטֵ֣חַ בְּ֭לִבּוֹ ה֣וּא כְסִ֑יל וְהוֹלֵ֥ךְ בְּ֝חָכְמָ֗ה ה֣וּא יִמָּלֵֽט׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 3:5Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
- Jer 17:9The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?
- Job 28:28And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
- Jas 3:13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge, among you? Let him shew, by a good contestation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.
- Jas 3:18And the fruit of justice is sown in peace, to them that make peace.
- Rom 8:7Because the wisdom of the flesh is an enemy to God. For it is not subject to the law of God: neither can it be.
- Jas 1:5But if any of you want wisdom, let him ask of God who giveth to all men abundantly and upbraideth not. And it shall be given him.
- 2 Tim 3:15And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures which can instruct thee to salvation by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.