Proverbs 14:16
A wise man is fearful, and departeth from evil; but the fool exciteth himself, and is confident.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
In Context
15The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man understandeth his steps.
17He that is soon angry committeth folly; and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Cross References
Genesis 42:18And Joseph said unto them on the third day, This do, and live; I fear God.
1 Kings 19:2Then sent Izebel a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So may the gods do to me, and may they thus continue, if about this time tomorrow I do not render thy life as the life of any one of them.
1 Kings 20:18And he said, If they be come out for peace, catch them alive; and if they be come out for war, alive must ye catch them.
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of 'Uz, Job was his name; And this man was perfect and upright, and fearing God, and eschewing evil.
Job 31:21If I have swung my hand against the fatherless, because I saw in the gate those that would help me:
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth shudderingly from dread of thee, and of thy decrees am I afraid.
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 →