But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”
Proverbs 14:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The wise are cautious and turn away from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is careless. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: But the fool rageth, and is confident. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil, but the fool bears himself insolently and is [presumptuously] confident. American Standard Version (1901) A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident. Common English Bible The wise are careful and avoid evil, but fools become excited and overconfident. Catholic Public Domain Version The wise fear, and so turn away from evil. The foolish leap ahead with confidence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A wise man feareth and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over and is confident. |
But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”
On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”
He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.
There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”
For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their way preserve their lives.
By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.
Happy is the one who is never without fear, but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.
If the wise go to law with fools, there is ranting and ridicule without relief.
Right away he follows her and goes like an ox to the slaughter or bounds like a stag toward the trap
The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness,
When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam, and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”