Proverbs 22:3
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
- KJV
- A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- WEB
- A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- ASV
- A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- DARBY
- A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- BLB
- A prudent one sees evil and hides himself, and the simple ones pass on and they are fined.
- ÅB
- Den kloke ser ulykken og skjuler seg, men de uerfarne går videre og må bøte.
- OTB
- En klok person ser fare og søker tilflukt, men den naive fortsetter og betaler straffen.
- B1930
- Den kloke ser ulykken og skjuler sig, men de uerfarne går videre og må bøte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 27:12
The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
Read in contextProverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
Read in contextProverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:2–6
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Read in contextHebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Read in contextProverbs 7:7
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
Read in contextProverbs 7:22–23
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
Read in contextHebrews 6:18
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
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