Proverbs 22:3
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
In Context
2The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.
4The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.
Cross References
Exodus 9:21And he who gave no attention to the word of the Lord, kept his servants and his cattle in the field.
Proverbs 7:22The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;
Proverbs 14:16The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
Proverbs 29:1A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
Matthew 24:15When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),
Hebrews 6:18So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:3
2 The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. Note, 1. Among the children of men divine Providence has so ordered it that some are rich and others poor, and these are intermixed in societies: The Lord is the Maker of both, both the author of their being and the disposer of their lot. The greatest man in the world must acknowledge God to be his Maker, and is under the same obligations to be subject to him that the meanest is; and the poorest has the honour to be the work of God's hands as… Read the whole commentary →