Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
In Context
15A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
17He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
Cross References
Genesis 42:18Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
1 Kings 19:2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
1 Kings 20:18He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:16
15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. Note, 1. It is folly to be credulous, to heed every flying report, to give ear to every man's story, though ever so improbable, to take things upon trust from common fame, to depend upon every man's profession of friendship and give credit to every one that will promise payment; those are simple who thus believe every word, forgetting that all men, in some sense, are liars in comparison with God, all whose words we are to believe… Read the whole commentary →