Proverbs 12:15 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 12. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 12:15

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 12:15: See here, 1. What it is that keeps a fool from being wise: His way is right in his own eyes; he thinks he is in the right in every thing he does, and therefore asks no advice, because he does not apprehend he needs it; he is confident he knows the way, and cannot miss it, and therefore never enquires the way.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 12:15: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,.... Whether it be the way of open profaneness, or self-righteousness, it appears to him to be the right way; it seems to him a very plain one, and he finds it pleasant; and, trusting to carnal sense, corrupt reason, and a false judgment, and having a high opinion of himself and his own knowledge...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 12:15: The way . . . eyes--The fool is self-conceited (compare Pro 12:1; Pro 1:32; Pro 10:17; Jam 3:17).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 12:15: The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel [is] wise. (g) He stands in his own conceit, and condemns all others in respect to himself.