Proverbs 27:12

New Century Version

The wise see danger ahead and avoid it, but fools keep going and get into trouble.

Cross References

Proverbs 18:10

The Lord is like a strong tower; those who do right can run to him for safety.

Proverbs 22:3

The wise see danger ahead and avoid it, but fools keep going and get into trouble.

Proverbs 27:11

Be wise, my child, and make me happy. Then I can respond to any insult.

Proverbs 27:13

Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger’s loan, and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.

Matthew 3:7

Many of the Pharisees and Sadducees came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them, he said, “You are snakes! Who warned you to run away from God’s coming punishment?

Hebrews 11:7

It was by faith that Noah heard God’s warnings about things he could not yet see. He obeyed God and built a large boat to save his family. By his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong, and he became one of those who are made right with God through faith.

Hebrews 6:18

These two things cannot change: God cannot lie when he makes a promise, and he cannot lie when he makes an oath. These things encourage us who came to God for safety. They give us strength to hold on to the hope we have been given.

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word of God is keeping heaven and earth that we now have in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the Judgment Day and the destruction of all who are against God.