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Selected Verse: Proverbs 12:15 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 12:15 Strong Concordance The way [01870] of a fool [0191] is right [03477] in his own eyes [05869]: but he that hearkeneth [08085] unto counsel [06098] is wise [02450].
  King James The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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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]
The way . . . eyes--The fool is self-conceited (compare Pro 12:1; Pro 1:32; Pro 10:17; Jam 3:17).
 
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17 But [1161] the wisdom [4678] that is from above [509] is [2076] first [4412] pure [3303] [53], then [1899] peaceable [1516], gentle [1933], and easy to be intreated [2138], full [3324] of mercy [1656] and [2532] good [18] fruits [2590], without partiality [87], and [2532] without hypocrisy [505].
17 He is in the way [0734] of life [02416] that keepeth [08104] instruction [04148]: but he that refuseth [05800] reproof [08433] erreth [08582].
32 For the turning away [04878] of the simple [06612] shall slay [02026] them, and the prosperity [07962] of fools [03684] shall destroy [06] them.
1 Whoso loveth [0157] instruction [04148] loveth [0157] knowledge [01847]: but he that hateth [08130] reproof [08433] is brutish [01198].
7 Be not wise [02450] in thine own eyes [05869]: fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and depart [05493] from evil [07451].
2 All the ways [01870] of a man [0376] are clean [02134] in his own eyes [05869]; but the LORD [03068] weigheth [08505] the spirits [07307].