SinaiProverbs 22:3
American Standard Version
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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Proverbs 22:3 in other translations
A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Proverbs 22:3 in context
- 1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.
- 2The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
- 3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- 4The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.
- 5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.