Proverbs 14:15
The naive believeth every davar, 1 but the prudent looketh with care to his steps. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:5And Dovid said unto the na'ar that told him, How knowest thou that Sha'ul and Yonatan bno are dead?
Nehemiah 6:4Yet they sent unto me this message arbah pe'amim; and I answered them after the same manner.
Proverbs 14:8The chochmah of the prudent is to understand his derech, 1 but the folly of kesilim is mirmah (deceit). 1
Proverbs 27:12A prudent man foreseeth ra'ah, and hideth himself; 1 but the naïve ones trudge on, and are punished. 1
Acts 13:7who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an ish of seichel. This one, having summoned Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul, sought to hear the dvar Hashem.
Ephesians 4:14In this way, we are no longer olalim (infants) tossed by waves and carried around by every wind of limmud (instruction), by the cunning of Bnei Adam, with craftiness leading to the scheming of remiyah (deceit) and madduchei shav (delusion); + 4:14 Isa 57:20
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 →