Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man forsees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
In Context
11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
13Take his garment that is guarantor for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Cross References
Exodus 9:20He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.
Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation pass over.
Hebrews 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
2 Peter 3:7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word (o. logos) are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:12
11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. Children are here exhorted to be wise and good, 1. That they may be a comfort to their parents and may make their hearts glad, even when the evil days come, and so recompense them for their care, ch. xxiii. 15 . 2. That they may be a credit to them: " That I may answer him that reproaches me with having been over-strict and severe in bringing up my children, and having taken a wrong method with them in restraining them from the… Read the whole commentary →