Proverbs 12:15 Cross References - Brenton

¹⁵ The ways of fools are right in their own eyes; but a wise man hearkens to counsels.

⁵ For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;

⁷ Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.

⁹ Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more instruction.

¹² There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it reach to the depths of hell.

¹⁶ A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.

^{2 (15:33A)} All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.

²⁵ There are ways that seem to be right to a man, but the end of them looks to the depth of hell.

²⁰ Hear, son, the instruction of thy father, that thou mayest be wise at thy latter end.

² Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.

¹² I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.

¹⁶ A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him.

¹² A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.

¹³ Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to take heed any longer.

^{15 (45:15)} And Jeremias said to the king, If I tell thee, wilt thou not certainly put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not at all hearken to me. ^{16 (45:16)} And the king swore to him, saying, As the Lord lives who gave us this soul, I will not slay thee, neither will I give thee into the hands of these men. ^{17 (45:17)} And Jeremias said to him, Thus saith the Lord; If thou wilt indeed go forth to the captains of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live, and this city shall certainly not be burnt with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house. ^{18 (45:18)} But if thou wilt not go forth this city shall be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt by no means escape. ^{19 (45:19)} And the king said to Jeremias, I consider the Jews that have gone over to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hands, and they mock me. ^{20 (45:20)} And Jeremias said, They shall in no wise deliver thee up. Hear the word of the Lord which I speak to thee; and it shall be better for thee, and thy soul shall live. ^{21 (45:21)} But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord has shewn me. ^{22 (45:22)} And, behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Juda were brought forth to the princes of the king of Babylon; and they said, The men who were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and will prevail against thee; and they shall cause thy foot to slide and fail, they have turned back from thee. ^{23 (45:23)} And they shall bring forth thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt by no means escape, for thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burnt. ^{24 (45:24)} Then the king said to him, Let no man know any of these words, and certainly thou shalt not die. ^{25 (45:25)} And if the princes shall hear that I have spoken to thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Tell us, what said the king to thee? hide it not from us, and we will in no wise slay thee, and what said the king to thee? ^{26 (45:26)} Then thou shalt say to them, I brought my supplication before the presence of the king, that he would not send me back into the house of Jonathan, that I should die there. ^{27 (45:27)} And all the princes came to Jeremias, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words, which the king had commanded him. And they were silent, because the word of the Lord was not heard. ^{28 (45:28)} And Jeremias remained in the court of the prison, until the time when Jerusalem was taken.