Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, 1 but the naive go on and suffer because of it. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
2Rich and poor people have this in common— 1 Yahweh is the maker of all of them. 1
4The reward for humility and fear of Yahweh 1 is riches, honor, and life. 1
Cross References
Exodus 9:21But those who did not take Yahweh's message seriously left their slaves and cattle in the fields.
Proverbs 7:22He went after her suddenly 1 like an ox going to slaughter, 1 like a deer caught in a trap, + 7:22 Deer could be a stag or an antelope. The Vulgate has: lamb . The LXX has: like a dog to the muzzle . 1
Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears and turns away from evil, 1 but the fool confidently dismisses a warning. 1
Proverbs 29:1A person who has received many rebukes but who stiffens his neck 1 will be broken in a moment beyond healing. 1
Matthew 24:15Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand),
Hebrews 6:18He did this so that by two unchangeable things—with which it is impossible for God to lie—we, who have fled for refuge, will have a strong encouragement to hold firmly to 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 →