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12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 26:12

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 12)

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 own abilities as makes him opinionative, dogmatical, and censorious; and all the ...

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