Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
In Context
15The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
Cross References
Genesis 42:18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
1 Kings 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
1 Kings 20:18“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched 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 blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your 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 →