Proverbs 22:3

Good News Translation

Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:22

“Foolish people! How long do you want to be foolish? How long will you enjoy making fun of knowledge? Will you never learn?

Proverbs 14:16

Sensible people are careful to stay out of trouble, but stupid people are careless and act too quickly.

Proverbs 22:4

Obey the Lord, be humble, and you will get riches, honor, and a long life.

Proverbs 27:12

Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later.

Proverbs 29:1

If you get more stubborn every time you are corrected, one day you will be crushed and never recover.

Proverbs 7:7

and I saw many inexperienced young men, but noticed one foolish fellow in particular.

Hebrews 11:7

It was faith that made Noah hear God's warnings about things in the future that he could not see. He obeyed God and built a boat in which he and his family were saved. As a result, the world was condemned, and Noah received from God the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 6:18

There are these two things, then, that cannot change and about which God cannot lie. So we who have found safety with him are greatly encouraged to hold firmly to the hope placed before us.