Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
World English Bible British
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 have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all.
4The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honour, and life.
Cross References
Exodus 9:21Whoever didn’t respect the LORD’s word left his servants and his livestock in the field.
Proverbs 7:22He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
Proverbs 29:1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
Matthew 24:15“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),
Hebrews 6:18that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of 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 →