Reflections on Proverbs: Growing in the Art of Skillful Living (Part 8) The Danger of Self-Trust

10/19/2025
Rev. Paul Bang

 

Proverbs 3:5-7; 12:15; 14:12; 21:2; 28:26

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make straight your paths.
7 Be not wise in your own eyes;
    fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
    but a wise man listens to advice.

12 There is a way that seems right to a man,
    but its end is the way to death.

2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.

26 Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool,
    but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.