Proverbs 27:12

A fel man seynge yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden harmes.

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In The King James Version

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

In Context

11Mi sone, studie thou a boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte; that thou maist answere a word to a dispisere.

13Take thou awei his clooth, that bihiyte for a straunger; and take thou awei a wed fro hym for an alien man.

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Cross References

Exodus 9:20He that dredde `the Lordis word, of the seruauntis of Farao, made his seruauntis and werk beestis fle in to housis;

Proverbs 18:10A strongeste tour is the name of the Lord; a iust man renneth to hym, and schal be enhaunsid.

Isaiah 26:20Go thou, my puple, entre in to thi beddis, close thi doris on thee, be thou hid a litil at a moment, til indignacioun passe.

Hebrews 6:18puttide bitwixe an ooth, that bi twey thingis vnmeuable, bi whiche it is impossible that God lie, we han a strengeste solace, `we that fleen togidere to holde the hope that is put forth to vs.

2 Peter 3:7But the heuenes that now ben, and the erthe, ben kept bi the same word, and ben reseruyd to fier in to the dai of doom and perdicioun of wickid men.

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