Proverbs 14:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ The wise are cautious and turn away from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: But the fool rageth, and is confident.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil, but the fool bears himself insolently and is [presumptuously] confident.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The wise are careful and avoid evil, but fools become excited and overconfident.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ The wise fear, and so turn away from evil. The foolish leap ahead with confidence.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ A wise man feareth and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over and is confident.

Proverbs 14:16 Cross References

Genesis 33:9

But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

1 Kings 19:2

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.”

1 Kings 20:18

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

Nehemiah 5:15

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.

Job 1:1

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.

Job 28:28

And he said to humankind, ‘Truly, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.’ ”

Psalm 119:120

My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Proverbs 1:32

For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Proverbs 14:15

The simple believe everything, but the clever consider their steps.

Proverbs 14:17

One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their way preserve their lives.

Proverbs 16:6

By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.

Proverbs 22:3

The clever see danger and hide, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

Proverbs 28:14

Happy is the one who is never without fear, but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.

Proverbs 29:9

If the wise go to law with fools, there is ranting and ridicule without relief.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 7:22

Right away he follows her and goes like an ox to the slaughter or bounds like a stag toward the trap

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The words of their mouths begin in foolishness, and their talk ends in wicked madness,

Numbers 22:27

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.

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and said to him, “Surely we are not blind, are we?”

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.