Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 26:12

"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him." — Proverbs 26:12 (ASV)

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit.— Compare the warnings of Romans 12:16 and Revelation 3:17-18.

There is more hope of a fool than of him.— So the publicans and harlots, who had foolishly strayed from God, yet returned to Him at the preaching of the Saviour, while the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves (Luke 7:30), thinking they had no need of it.