Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears, and departs from evil; 1 But the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
In Context
15The simple believes every word: 1 But the prudent man betakes himself to afterthought. 1
17A passionate man acts inconsiderately; 1 But a sensible man bears up under many things. 1
Cross References
Genesis 42:18And he said to them on the third day, This do, and ye shall live, for I fear God.
1 Kings 19:2And Jezebel sent to Elijah, and said, If thou art Elijah and I am Jezebel, God do so to me, and more also, if I do not make thy life by this time tomorrow as the life of one of them.
1 Kings 20:18Arise, and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he is in the vineyard of Naboth, for he has gone down thither to take possession of it.
Job 1:1There was a certain man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; 1 And that man was true, blameless, righteous, and godly, 1 Abstaining from everything evil. 1
Job 31:21If I lifted my hand against an orphan, 1 Trusting that my strength was far superior to his: 1
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 →