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Proverbs 28

Prov. 28:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The rich
`ashiyr (Hebrew #6223)
rich, whether literal or figurative (noble)
KJV usage: rich (man).
Pronounce: aw-sheer'
Origin: from 6238
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
is wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
in μhis own conceit
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
; but the poor
dal (Hebrew #1800)
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Pronounce: dal
Origin: from 1809
that hath understanding
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
searcheth him out
chaqar (Hebrew #2713)
properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
KJV usage: find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
Pronounce: khaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
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his eyes.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 18:11• 11The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination. (Prov. 18:11)
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Prov. 23:4• 4Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence: (Prov. 23:4)
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Isa. 10:13‑14• 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit on thrones;
 14and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped. (Isa. 10:13‑14)
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Ezek. 28:3‑5• 3behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! nothing secret is obscure for thee;
 4by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;
 5by thy great wisdom thou hast by thy traffic increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches. (Ezek. 28:3‑5)
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Luke 16:13‑14• 13No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
 14And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him. (Luke 16:13‑14)
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1 Cor. 3:18‑19• 18Let no one deceive himself: if any one thinks himself to be wise among you in this world, let him become foolish, that he may be wise.
 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He who takes the wise in their craftiness. (1 Cor. 3:18‑19)
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1 Tim. 6:17• 17Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:17)
his own conceit.
Heb. his eyes.
Prov. 26:16• 16A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that answer discreetly. (Prov. 26:16)
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Isa. 5:21• 21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem! (Isa. 5:21)
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Rom. 11:25• 25For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in; (Rom. 11:25)
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Rom. 12:16• 16Have the same respect one for another, not minding high things, but going along with the lowly: be not wise in your own eyes: (Rom. 12:16)
the poor.
Prov. 18:17• 17He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. (Prov. 18:17)
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Prov. 19:1• 1Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. (Prov. 19:1)
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Job 32:9• 9It is not the great that are wise; neither do the aged understand judgment. (Job 32:9)
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Eccl. 9:15‑17• 15and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.
 16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
 17The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. (Eccl. 9:15‑17)
• He who has it, though in poverty, is after all the superior of his well-to-do neighbor. It is not the great, the rich, the mighty, or the noble, that God has chosen; but “the poor of this world, rich in faith.” See 1 Corinthians 1:26-28. (“Proverbs Twenty-Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.