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Proverbs 28:11

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

KJV

Sapiens sibi videtur vir dives ; pauper autem prudens scrutabitur eum.

Vulgate

σοφὸς παρ’ ἑαυτῷ ἀνὴρ πλούσιος, πένης δὲ νοήμων καταγνώσεται αὐτοῦ.

LXX

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

ASV

חָכָ֣ם בְּ֭/עֵינָי/ו אִ֣ישׁ עָשִׁ֑יר וְ/דַ֖ל מֵבִ֣ין יַחְקְרֶֽ/נּוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
דַּלִּ֔ים
dlym
adjective · 47×
חָכָ֣ם
chkm
noun · 135×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
נֶחְקַ֖ר
nchqr
verb · 27×
עָשִׁ֣יר
'shyr
adjective · 23×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:18 — 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.
  • Eccl 9:15 — 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.
  • Ezek 28:3 — Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
  • Isa 10:13 — For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhab
  • Job 32:9 — Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
  • Luke 16:13 — No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
  • Prov 12:15 — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
  • Prov 18:11 — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
  • Prov 18:17 — He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
  • Prov 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
  • Prov 23:4 — Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
  • Prov 26:5 — Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
  • Prov 26:5 — Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
  • Prov 26:12 — Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
  • Prov 26:16 — The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
  • Rom 11:25 — For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be c
  • Rom 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.