Proverbs 28:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

Proverbs 28:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:17
He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
Romans 12:16
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:15-17
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. …
Proverbs 26:16
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
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. …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Ambition Arrogance Beggars Capital and Labor Care Conceit

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11)

Note, 1. Those that are rich are apt to think themselves wise, because, whatever else they are ignorant of, they know how to get and save; and those that are purse-proud expect that all they say should be regarded as an oracle and a law, and that none should dare to contradict them, but every sheaf bow to theirs; this humour is fed by flatterers, who, because (like Jezebel’s prophets) they are fed…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. A poor but wise man can discover (and expose) the rich and self-conceited.