Proverbs 22:3
1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be 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
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Read in contextProverbs 14:16
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Read in contextProverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:2–6
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Read in contextHebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Read in contextProverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Read in contextProverbs 7:22–23
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Read in contextHebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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