Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
King James Version
In Context
16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:5And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
Nehemiah 6:4Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 27:12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Acts 13:7Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
Ephesians 4:14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
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 →