Proverbs 14:15
The innocent trust every word. The astute one considers his own steps. Nothing good will be for the deceitful son. But the wise servant shall act prosperously and his way will be set in order.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
In Context
14The foolish will be filled up by his own ways. And the good man shall be above him.
16The wise fear, and so turn away from evil. The foolish leap ahead with confidence.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:5And David said to the youth who was reporting to him, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan have died?”
Nehemiah 6:4Then they sent to me, with this same word, four times. And I responded to them with the same word as before.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of a discerning man is to understand his way. And the imprudence of the foolish is to be wandering astray.
Proverbs 27:12The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.
Acts 13:7And he was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. This man, summoning Barnabas and Saul, wanted to hear the Word of God.
Ephesians 4:14So may we then no longer be little children, disturbed and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the wickedness of men, and by the craftiness which deceives unto error.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:15
The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted. 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. Note, 1. The misery of sinners will be an eternal surfeit upon their sins: The backslider in heart, who for fear of suffering, or in hope of profit or pleasure, forsakes God and his duty, shall be filled with his own ways; God will give him enough of them. They would not leave their brutish lusts and passions, and therefore they shall stick by them, to their… Read the whole commentary →