A reality check
After reading the following verses, I decided to let God speak for Himself.
My friends keep quoting the saying, “There ain’t no fool like an old fool” when we have disagreements. I don’t know who they’re talking about. My wife just said “You, mi amor.” Hmmm.
“If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.”
Proverbs 9:12 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.9.12.esv
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.”
Proverbs 26:5 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.26.5.esv
“A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.”
Proverbs 28:11 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.28.11.esv
“Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”
Proverbs 26:12 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.26.12.esv
“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.”
Proverbs 12:15 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.12.15.esv
“Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.”
Proverbs 3:7 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.3.7.esv
“The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.”
Proverbs 26:16 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.26.16.esv
“Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!”
Isaiah 5:21 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/isa.5.21.esv
“In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”
Judges 17:6 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/jdg.17.6.esv
“For he flatters himself in his own eyes that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.”
Psalm 36:2 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/psa.36.2.esv
“All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.”
Proverbs 16:2 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.16.2.esv
“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.”
Proverbs 21:2 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.21.2.esv
“You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, everyone doing whatever is right in his own eyes,”
Deuteronomy 12:8 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/deu.12.8.esv
“Whoever troubles his own household will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.”
Proverbs 11:29 ESV
https://www.bible.com/59/pro.11.29.esv
“You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.”
Deuteronomy 16:19 ESV