Proverbs 14:15
פֶּתִי יַאֲמִין לְכָל ־ דָּבָר וְעָרוּם יָבִין לַאֲשֻׁרֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
In Context
14מִדְּרָכָיו יִשְׂבַּע סוּג לֵב וּמֵעָלָיו אִישׁ טֽוֹב ׃
16חָכָם יָרֵא וְסָר מֵרָע וּכְסִיל מִתְעַבֵּר וּבוֹטֵֽחַ ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:5וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל ־ הַנַּעַר הַמַּגִּיד לוֹ אֵיךְ יָדַעְתָּ כִּי ־ מֵת שָׁאוּל וִיהֽוֹנָתָן בְּנֽוֹ ׃
Nehemiah 6:4וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ אֵלַי כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה אַרְבַּע פְּעָמִים וָאָשִׁיב אוֹתָם כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּֽה ׃ ס
Proverbs 14:8חָכְמַת עָרוּם הָבִין דַּרְכּוֹ וְאִוֶּלֶת כְּסִילִים מִרְמָֽה ׃
Proverbs 27:12עָרוּם רָאָה רָעָה נִסְתָּר פְּתָאיִם עָבְרוּ נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ ׃
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 →