Proverbs 14:15
The one who is naive believes everything, 1 but the prudent man thinks about his steps. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
In Context
16A wise man fears and turns away from evil, 1 but the fool confidently dismisses a warning. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:5David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
Nehemiah 6:4They sent me the same message four times, and I answered them the same way each time.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent person is to understand his own way, 1 but the folly of fools is deception. 1
Proverbs 27:12A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, 1 but the naive people go on and suffer because of it. 1
Acts 13:7This magician associated with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, because he wanted to hear the word of God.
Ephesians 4:14Christ builds us up so that we should no longer be children who are tossed back and forth by the waves, and carried away by every wind of teaching and by the trickery of people in their deceitful schemes.
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 →