Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.—Proverbs 26:12
Proverbs are hard for me to “get” right away. My husband tells me that I really overthink them and reminds me to take my time, think on them and let the word of God speak to my heart. Eureka! I did that this morning and it worked. 🙃.
Self-conceit blinds and puffs up. A man who is wise in his own eyes thinks he knows enough...he needs no more. He stops seeing...he stops hearing and he stops learning. He becomes unteachable as well as unreachable.
"Because you say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing'--and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked--Rev 3:17
Self-conceit...self-righteousness...self-made....self “dash” anything equal not good. The Bible says that there is more hope for a fool than for him because a fool that knows he is a fool and owns it, is teachable. He knows he needs instruction. A man who is filled with himself and thinks he knows it all is in reality the greatest of fools and the most hopeless. He must first admit he knows nothing and become a “fool” that he may then choose to learn and be wise.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.—1 Corinthians 3:18
He feeds on ashes;
A deceived heart has turned him aside;
And he cannot deliver his soul,
Nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"—Isaiah 44:20.
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