Proverbs 26:12 (BSB)

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

From Proverbs 26. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 26:12

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 26:12: Here is, 1. A spiritual disease supposed, and that is self-conceit: Seest thou a man? Yes, we see many a one, wise in his own conceit, who has some little sense, but is proud of it, thinks it much more than it is, more than any of his neighbours, have, and enough, so that he needs no more, has such a conceit of his own...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 26:12: Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit,.... Or "in his own eyes" (b); as multitudes may be seen, by looking round; man is a creature but of small knowledge in things natural, civil, mechanical, philosophical, moral, or divine; yet greatly conceited for the most part of his knowledge and wisdom.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 26:12: The self-conceited are taught with more difficulty than the stupid.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 26:12: Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him. (g) For the fool would rather be counselled than he: also the fool sins out of ignorance, and the other out of malice.