Proverbs 22:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ The clever see danger and hide, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and are punished.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].

American Standard Version (1901)

³ A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Common English Bible

³ Prudent people see trouble and hide, while the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The clever saw evil and hid himself. The innocent continued on and was afflicted with damage.

Proverbs 22:3 Cross References

Proverbs 27:12

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

Proverbs 14:16

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

Proverbs 29:1

One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in accordance with faith.

Proverbs 7:7

and I saw among the simple ones, I observed among the youths, a young man without sense,

Hebrews 6:18

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God would prove false, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to seize the hope set before us.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 22:4

The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.