THEOSISProverbs 3:7Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:
אַל־תְּהִ֣י חָכָ֣ם בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ יְרָ֥א אֶת־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וְס֣וּר מֵרָֽע׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 28:28And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.
- 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.
- Prov 26:12Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil.
- Prov 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
- Ps 34 (33):11
- Ps 34 (33):14
- Eccl 12:13Let us all hear together the conclusion of the discourse. Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is all man: