Proverbs 14:16
A wise [man] feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
In Context
15The simple believeth every word; but the prudent [man] heedeth his going.
17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly, and a man of mischievous devices is hated.
Cross References
Genesis 42:18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.
1 Kings 19:2And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!
1 Kings 20:18And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.
Job 31:21If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:
Psalms 119:120My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:16
15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. Note, 1. It is folly to be credulous, to heed every flying report, to give ear to every man's story, though ever so improbable, to take things upon trust from common fame, to depend upon every man's profession of friendship and give credit to every one that will promise payment; those are simple who thus believe every word, forgetting that all men, in some sense, are liars in comparison with God, all whose words we are to believe… Read the whole commentary →