Proverbs 22:3
The prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple rush on, and are punished.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
In Context
2The rich and the poor meet together; The LORD is the Maker of them all.
4By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life.
Cross References
Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the chastisement of the fool,
Proverbs 14:16The wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool is haughty and confident.
Proverbs 29:1He who, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Matthew 24:15When, therefore, ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him that readeth understand,)
Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:3
2 The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all. Note, 1. Among the children of men divine Providence has so ordered it that some are rich and others poor, and these are intermixed in societies: The Lord is the Maker of both, both the author of their being and the disposer of their lot. The greatest man in the world must acknowledge God to be his Maker, and is under the same obligations to be subject to him that the meanest is; and the poorest has the honour to be the work of God's hands as… Read the whole commentary →