Proverbs 14:15
The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
In Context
14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:5Then David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
Nehemiah 6:4Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
Proverbs 27:12The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
Acts 13:7an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
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 →