Proverbs 14:16

WEB

¹⁶A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

KJV

¹⁶A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

BSB

¹⁶A wise man fears ^[+] and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

FBV

¹⁶Wise people are careful and avoid evil, but stupid people are confidently reckless.

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Proverbs 22:3

³A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Proverbs 3:7

⁷Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 29:9

⁹If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

Genesis 42:18

¹⁸Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

1 Kings 20:10-11

¹⁰Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

¹¹The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armor brag like he who takes it off.’”

Genesis 33:9

⁹Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.”

Proverbs 16:17

¹⁷The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

Proverbs 16:6

⁶By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

²¹if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate; ²²then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone. ²³For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.