Proverbs 14:16
A wise man, feareth, and avoideth evil, but, a dullard, is haughty and confident.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
In Context
15The simple, believeth every word, but, the prudent, looketh well to his going.
17The impatient, worketh folly, and, a man of wicked devices, is hated.
Cross References
Genesis 42:18And Joseph said unto them on the third day, This, do and live,—God himself, do, I, revere.
1 Kings 19:2Then sent Jezebel a messenger unto Elijah, saying,—So, let the gods do, and, so, let them add, if, by this time to-morrow, I make not thy life as the life of one of them.
1 Kings 20:18And he said—If, peaceably, they have come, take them alive,—or, if, fighting, they have come, alive, take ye them.
Job 1:1A man, there was—in the land of Uz, Job, his name,—and that man was blameless and upright, and one who revered God, and avoided evil.
Job 31:21If I shook—against the fatherless—my hand, when I saw, in the gate, his need of my help,
Psalms 119:120My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
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 →