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Proverbs 28:26

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

KJV

Qui confidit in corde suo stultus est ; qui autem graditur sapienter, ipse salvabitur.

Vulgate

ὃς πέποιθεν θρασείᾳ καρδίᾳ, ὁ τοιοῦτος ἄφρων· ὃς δὲ πορεύεται σοφίᾳ σωθήσεται.

LXX

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

ASV

בּוֹטֵ֣חַ בְּ֭/לִבּ/וֹ ה֣וּא כְסִ֑יל וְ/הוֹלֵ֥ךְ בְּ֝/חָכְמָ֗ה ה֣וּא יִמָּלֵֽט

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֹּטְחִ֖ים
btchym
verb · 117×
ה
h
verb · 95×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
י
y
noun · 591×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 1:9 — But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
  • 2Kgs 8:13 — And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
  • 2Tim 3:15 — And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
  • Heb 3:13 — But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
  • Jas 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
  • Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  • Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • Job 9:21 — Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
  • Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
  • Mark 7:21 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
  • Mark 14:27 — And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
  • Num 15:39 — And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye
  • Prov 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
  • Prov 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
  • Prov 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
  • Ps 139:24 — And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
  • Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.