Proverbs 14:16
A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
In Context
15The foolish will beleeue euery thing: but the prudent will consider his steppes.
17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.
Cross References
Genesis 42:18Then Ioseph said vnto them the third day, This do, and liue: for I feare God.
1 Kings 19:2Then Iezebel sent a messenger vnto Eliiah, saying, The gods doe so to me and more also, if I make not thy life like one of their liues by to morowe this time.
1 Kings 20:18And he sayde, Whether they be come out for peace, take them aliue: or whether they bee come out to fight, take them yet aliue.
Job 1:1There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, and this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.
Job 31:21If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
Psalms 119:120My flesh trembleth for feare of thee, and I am afraide of thy iudgements.
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 →