Proverbs 27:12

New American Bible - revised edition

The astute see an evil and hide; the naive continue on and pay the penalty.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:10

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the just run to it and are safe.

Proverbs 22:3

The astute see an evil and hide, while the naive continue on and pay the penalty.

Proverbs 27:11

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer whoever taunts me.

Proverbs 27:13

Take the garment of the one who became surety for a stranger; if for a foreign woman, exact the pledge!

Matthew 3:7

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, warned about what was not yet seen, with reverence built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through this he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes through faith.

Hebrews 6:18

so that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged to hold fast to the hope that lies before us.

2 Peter 3:7

The present heavens and earth have been reserved by the same word for fire, kept for the day of judgment and of destruction of the godless.