Proverbs 27:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² A clever man foresees calamity, hides himself; The simple shall go on, they 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.

Proverbs 27:12 Cross References

Proverbs 18:10

The Name of יהוה  is a strong tower; The righteous run into it and are safe.

Proverbs 22:3

A clever one foresees evil and hides himself, But the simple go on and are punished.

Proverbs 27:11

My son, be wise, and gladden my heart, That I might have a word for him who reproaches me.

Proverbs 27:13

Take the garment of him who is guarantor for a stranger, And for a strange woman pledge it.

Matthew 3:7

And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “Brood of adders! Who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Hebrews 11:7

By belief, Noaḥ

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two unchangeable matters in which it is impossible for Elohim to lie, we might have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the expectation set before us,

2 Peter 3:7

And the present heavens and the earth are treasured up by the same Word, being kept for fire, to a day of judgment and destruction of wicked men.