Proverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- prudent
- Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 27:12; Exodus 9:20, 21; Isaiah 26:20, 21; Matthew 24:15–18; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–6; Hebrews 6:18; Hebrews 11:7
- the simple
- Proverbs 7:7, 22, 23; Proverbs 9:16–18; Proverbs 29:1