Proverbs 14:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁵ The simple believeth every word: But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ The simple believeth every word: But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ The simpleton believes every word he hears, but the prudent man looks and considers well where he is going.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ The naive believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ The innocent trust every word. The astute one considers his own steps. Nothing good will be for the deceitful son. But the wise servant shall act prosperously and his way will be set in order.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ The innocent believeth every word: the discreet man considereth his steps. No good shall come to the deceitful son: but the wise servant shall prosper in his dealings, and his way shall be made straight.

Proverbs 14:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 1:5

And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

1 Kings 2:18

And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

Nehemiah 6:4

And they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

Proverbs 14:14

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

Proverbs 14:16

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

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: But the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 17:4

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; And a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 22:3

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

Proverbs 27:12

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

Proverbs 4:26

Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

Amos 5:13

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

Acts 13:7

which was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. The same called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

Ephesians 4:14

that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Ephesians 5:17

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.