12 Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?(A)
    There is more hope for a fool than for them.(B)

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20 Do you see someone who speaks in haste?
    There is more hope for a fool than for them.(A)

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18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(A) by the standards of this age,(B) you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(C) in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness”[a];(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13

16 Live in harmony with one another.(A) Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position.[a] Do not be conceited.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 12:16 Or willing to do menial work

11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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31 “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”

“The first,” they answered.

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors(A) and the prostitutes(B) are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.

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Answer a fool according to his folly,
    or he will be wise in his own eyes.(A)

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17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(A) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(B)

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11 The Pharisee stood by himself(A) and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

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44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet,(A) but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

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16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
    than seven people who answer discreetly.

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Saying 6

29 Do you see someone skilled(A) in their work?
    They will serve(B) before kings;(C)
    they will not serve before officials of low rank.

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Do not be wise in your own eyes;(A)
    fear the Lord(B) and shun evil.(C)

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The Collection for the Lord’s People

And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian(A) churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity.(B)

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