Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man understandeth his steps.
Leeser Tanakh
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 will have enough of his own ways; and from him [departeth] the good men.
16A wise man is fearful, and departeth from evil; but the fool exciteth himself, and is confident.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul is dead as also Jonathan his son?
Nehemiah 6:4And they sent unto me after this manner four times; and I answered them after the same manner.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 27:12The prudent foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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 →