19 When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing(A) on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,”(B) they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

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19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

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11 The king of Israel answered, “Tell him: ‘One who puts on his armor should not boast(A) like one who takes it off.’”

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11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

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Trust in the Lord(A) with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;

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Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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Saying 8

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.

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Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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12 Do you see a person wise in their own eyes?(A)
    There is more hope for a fool than for them.(B)

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12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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26 Those who trust in themselves are fools,(A)
    but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.(B)

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26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

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