Proverbs 22:3
עָרוּם ׀ רָאָה רָעָה ויסתר וּפְתָיִים עָבְרוּ וְֽנֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
In Context
2עָשִׁיר וָרָשׁ נִפְגָּשׁוּ עֹשֵׂה כֻלָּם יְהוָֽה ׃
4עֵקֶב עֲנָוָה יִרְאַת יְהוָה עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד וְחַיִּֽים ׃
Cross References
Exodus 9:21וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ שָׂם לִבּוֹ אֶל ־ דְּבַר יְהוָה וַֽיַּעֲזֹב אֶת ־ עֲבָדָיו וְאֶת ־ מִקְנֵהוּ בַּשָּׂדֶֽה ׃ פ
Proverbs 7:22הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל ־ טָבַח יָבוֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל ־ מוּסַר אֱוִֽיל ׃
Proverbs 14:16חָכָם יָרֵא וְסָר מֵרָע וּכְסִיל מִתְעַבֵּר וּבוֹטֵֽחַ ׃
Proverbs 29:1אִישׁ תּוֹכָחוֹת מַקְשֶׁה ־ עֹרֶף פֶּתַע יִשָּׁבֵר וְאֵין מַרְפֵּֽא ׃
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 →