Proverbs 27:12
The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.
Catholic Public Domain 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
Cross References
Exodus 9:20He who feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh caused his servants and cattle to flee together into the houses.
Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a very strong tower. The just one rushes to it, and he shall be exalted.
Isaiah 26:20Go, my people! Enter your chambers. Close your doors behind you. Conceal yourselves for a very brief time, until the indignation has passed over you.
Hebrews 6:18so that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the strongest solace: we who have fled together so as to hold fast to the hope set before us.
2 Peter 3:7But the heavens and the earth that exist now were restored by the same Word, being reserved unto fire on the day of judgment, and unto the perdition of impious 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 →