Proverbs 12:15 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁵ The way of the foolish, is right in his own eyes, but, he that hearkeneth to counsel, is wise.

⁵ A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire,

⁷ Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil:

⁹ Give to a wise man, and he will be wiser still, Inform a righteous man, and he will increase learning.

¹² There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death!

¹⁶ A wise man, feareth, and avoideth evil, but, a dullard, is haughty and confident.

² All the ways of a man, [may be] pure in his own eyes, but, he that testeth spirits, is Yahweh.

²⁵ There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death.

²⁰ Hear counsel, receive correction, that thou mayest be wise in thine after–life.

² Every way of a man, may be right in his own eyes, but, he that testeth hearts, is Yahweh.

¹² Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye,––more hope of a dullard, than of him!

¹⁶ Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment.

¹¹ Wise in his own eyes, is the man that is rich, but, a poor man of discernment, searcheth him out.

¹² A generation! Pure in its own eyes, yet, from its filth, hath it not been bathed,

¹³ Better a boy poor and wise,––than a king, old and stupid, who knoweth not how to take warning any longer.

¹⁵ Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, When I tell thee, wilt thou not, surely put me to death? And, when I counsel thee, thou wilt not hearken unto me. ¹⁶ So King Zedekiah aware unto Jeremiah, secretly, saying,––By the life of Yahweh, who made for us, this soul, I will in no wise put thee to death, Neither will I deliver thee into the hand of these men, who are seeking thy life. ¹⁷ Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, God of Israel––If thou wilt, indeed go forth, unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall thine own soul live, and, this city, shall not be burned with fire,––but thou shalt live, thou, and thy house. ¹⁸ But, if thou wilt not go forth unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall this city be delivered into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and, thou, shalt not escape out of their hand. ¹⁹ Then said King Zedekiah, unto Jeremiah: I, am afraid of the Jews, who have fallen away unto the Chaldeans, lest they deliver, me, into their hand, and they maltreat me. ²⁰ But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver!––Hearken, I pray thee, unto the voice of Yahweh, in what I, am speaking unto thee, that it may be well with thee, and thy soul live. ²¹ But, if thou, art refusing to go forth, this, is the thing which Yahweh hath shewed, me:–– ²² behold, then, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah, brought forth unto the princes of the king of Babylon,––and, those very women, saying, The men thou wast wont to salute, have goaded thee on, and prevailed upon thee,––Thy foot, having sunk in the mire, they have turned away, back. ²³ Yea [thou shalt behold] all thy wives and thy children, brought forth unto the Chaldeans, and, thou, shalt not escape out of their hand,––but, by the hand of the king of Babylon, shalt thou be taken, and, this city, shall be burned with fire. ²⁴ Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah––Do not let, any man, know of these words, and thou shalt not die. ²⁵ But, when the princes hear, that I have spoken with thee, and they come in unto thee and say unto thee––Do tell us, we pray thee, what thou didst speak unto the king, do not hide it from us, so will we not put thee to death,––and what spake, the king, unto thee? ²⁶ Then shalt thou say unto them,––I, was causing my supplication to fall prostrate before the king,––that he would not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan, to die there. ²⁷ Then came in all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him, and he told them, according to all these words which the king, had commanded,––so they turned in silence from him, for the matter, had not been reported. ²⁸ So Jeremiah remained in the guard–court, until the day when Jerusalem, was captured; thus, it fell out, when Jerusalem, was captured.

¹¹ The Pharisee, taking his stand, these things unto himself was praying: O God! I thank thee, that I am not like the rest of men,––extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or, even as this tax–collector;

³ For, if any one thinketh he is something, when he is, nothing, he deceiveth himself;