12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. …
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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