Proverbs 12:15 Cross References - BSB

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

⁵ let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

⁷ Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

⁹ Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

¹² There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

¹⁶ A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

² All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

²⁵ There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

²⁰ Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

² All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

¹² Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

¹⁶ The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.

¹² There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

¹³ Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

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.” 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.” 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. 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.’” 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.” 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. ²¹ But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me: 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.’ 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.” ²⁴ Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die. 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,’ 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.’” 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. ²⁸ And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

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.

³ If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.