Proverbs 12:15

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Proverbs 12:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

14 By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

16 A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

17 He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

Proverbs 16:2

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

Proverbs 16:25

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 26:16

The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Proverbs 28:11

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

Galatians 6:3

If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Proverbs 1:5

let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

Proverbs 19:20

Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

Ecclesiastes 4:13

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

Jeremiah 38:15

“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”

Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”

Jeremiah 38:17

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

Jeremiah 38:18

But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”

Jeremiah 38:19

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”

Jeremiah 38:20

“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.

Jeremiah 38:21

But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

Jeremiah 38:22

All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’

Jeremiah 38:23

All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”

Jeremiah 38:24

Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.

Jeremiah 38:25

If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’

Jeremiah 38:26

then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”

Jeremiah 38:27

When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.

Jeremiah 38:28

And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.