Proverbs 14:15
The innocent believeth every word: the discreet man considereth his steps. No good shall come to the deceitful son: but the wise servant shall prosper in his dealings, and his way shall be made straight.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
In Context
14A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.
16A wise man feareth and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over and is confident.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:5And David said to the young man that told him: How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son, are dead?
Nehemiah 6:4And they sent to me according to this word, four times: and I answered them after the same manner.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of a. discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth.
Proverbs 27:12The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.
Acts 13:7Who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He sending for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.
Ephesians 4:14That henceforth we be no more children tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the wickedness of men, by cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive
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 →