Proverbs 28:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ Happy is the one who is never without fear, but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Happy is the man that feareth alway: But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is the man who reverently and worshipfully fears [the Lord] at all times [regardless of circumstances], but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Happy are those who are continually fearful, but those whose hearts are hard fall into trouble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Blessed is the man who is ever fearful. Yet truly, whoever is hardened in mind will fall into evil.

Proverbs 28:14 Cross References

Proverbs 23:17

Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the Lord.

Psalm 2:11

Serve the Lord with fear; with trembling

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit who trembles at my word.

1 Peter 1:17

If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s work, live in fear during the time of your exile.

Jeremiah 32:40

I will make an everlasting covenant with them, never to draw back from doing good to them, and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they may not turn from me.

Romans 11:20

That is true. They were broken off on account of unbelief, but you stand on account of belief. So do not become arrogant, but be afraid.

Hebrews 4:1

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us take care that none of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

Proverbs 29:1

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

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.

Psalm 95:8

Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Romans 2:4

Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realize that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Psalm 16:8

I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

Exodus 7:22

But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts; so Pharaoh’s heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Exodus 14:23

The Egyptians pursued and went into the sea after them, all of Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and chariot drivers.

Romans 2:5

But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Exodus 7:23

Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take even this to heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:12

Though sinners do evil a hundred times and prolong their lives, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they stand in fear before him,