Proverbs 27:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹² A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and are punished.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Common English Bible

¹² Prudent people see evil and hide; the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.

Proverbs 27:12 Cross References

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Proverbs 22:3

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Hebrews 6:18

that 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 3:7

but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.