Proverbs 14:16
The wise is fearing and turning from evil, || And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
In Context
15The simple gives credence to everything, || And the prudent attends to his step.
17Whoever is short of temper does folly, || And a man of wicked schemes is hated.
Cross References
Genesis 42:18And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear God!
1 Kings 19:2and Jezebel sends a messenger to Elijah, saying, “Thus the gods do, and thus do they add—surely about this time tomorrow, I make your life as the life of one of them.”
1 Kings 20:18And he says, “If they have come out for peace, catch them alive; and if they have come out for battle, catch them alive.”
Job 1:1There has been a man in the land of Uz—his name Job—and that man has been perfect and upright—both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
Job 31:21If I have waved my hand at the fatherless, || When I see [him] in the gate of my court,
Psalms 119:120My flesh has trembled from Your fear, || And I have been afraid from 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 →