Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the ra'ah, and hideth himself, 1 but the naïve trudge on, and are punished. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
4By anavah (humility) and the Yirat Hashem 1 are osher, and kavod, and chayyim. 1
Cross References
Exodus 9:21And he that took not to heart the Devar Hashem left his avadim and his mikneh in the sadeh.
Proverbs 7:22He goeth after her and followeth immediately, 1 as a shor (ox) goeth to tavach (stock yard, slaughter-house), 1 or as if bound with fetters to the musar (punishment) of the fool; 1
Proverbs 14:16A chacham feareth, and departeth from rah, 1 but the kesil throweth off restraint and is arrogantly reckless. 1
Proverbs 29:1He, that being often reproved, stiffeneth his neck, 1 shall suddenly be destroyed, 1 and that without marpeh (remedy). 1
Matthew 24:15Therefore, when you see the SHIKUTS MESHOMEM + 24:15 Mk 13:14 (Abomination of Desolation), the thing spoken through Daniel HaNavi, having stood in the Makom Kadosh (Holy Place), + 24:15 i.e., the Beis Hamikdash — let the reader understand!
Hebrews 6:18In order that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for Hashem to speak sheker, we may have chozek (strength) and great encouragement, we who say that “he is my MAKHSEH” + 6:18 Ps 91:2 (refuge, shelter), and have taken hold of the tikvah (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 →