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Selected Verse: Proverbs 28:11 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 28:11	King James	The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
A poor but wise man can discover (and expose) the rich and self-conceited.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

A poor but wise man can discover (and expose) the rich and self-conceited.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Wealth blunts, poverty sharpens, the critical power of intellect.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Wealth blunts, poverty sharpens, the critical power of intellect.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
11 A rich man deems himself wise; But a poor man that hath understanding searcheth him out, or, as we have translated, Pro 18:17, goes to the bottom of him, whereby is probably thought of the case that he seeks to use him as a means to an ignoble end. The rich man appears in his own eyes to be a wise man, i.e., in his self-delusion he thinks that he is so; but if he has anything to do with a poor man who has intelligence, then he is seen through by him. Wisdom is a gift not depending on any earthly possession.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

11 A rich man deems himself wise;

But a poor man that hath understanding searcheth him out,

or, as we have translated, Pro 18:17, goes to the bottom of him, whereby is probably thought of the case that he seeks to use him as a means to an ignoble end. The rich man appears in his own eyes to be a wise man, i.e., in his self-delusion he thinks that he is so; but if he has anything to do with a poor man who has intelligence, then he is seen through by him. Wisdom is a gift not depending on any earthly possession.

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