Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man sees the evil, [and] hides himself. The simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
In Context
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
Cross References
Exodus 9:20He who feared the word of LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses.
Proverbs 18:10The name of LORD is a strong tower. A righteous man runs into it, and is safe.
Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors around thee. Hide thyself for a little moment until the indignation be passed over.
Hebrews 6:18So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.
2 Peter 3:7But now the heavens and the earth, which have been stored up by the same word, are being preserved for fire in a day of judgment and destruction of irreverent men.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:12
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. Children are here exhorted to be wise and good, 1. That they may be a comfort to their parents and may make their hearts glad, even when the evil days come, and so recompense them for their care, ch. xxiii. 15 . 2. That they may be a credit to them: " That I may answer him that reproaches me with having been over-strict and severe in bringing up my children, and having taken a wrong method with them in restraining them from the… Read the whole commentary →