Proverbs 14:16

New International Version

The wise fear the Lord and shun evil, but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.

Cross References

Genesis 33:9

But Esau said, “I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”

Genesis 42:18

On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

1 Kings 19:2

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”

1 Kings 20:18

He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

Nehemiah 5:15

But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God I did not act like that.

Job 1:1

In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

Job 28:28

And he said to the human race, “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.”

Psalm 119:120

My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.

Psalm 34:14

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

Proverbs 14:15

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

Proverbs 14:17

A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

Proverbs 16:6

Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord evil is avoided.

Proverbs 22:3

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Proverbs 28:14

Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.

Proverbs 7:22

All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose

Ecclesiastes 10:13

At the beginning their words are folly; at the end they are wicked madness—

Numbers 22:27

When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat it with his staff.

John 9:40

Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this and asked, “What? Are we blind too?”

1 Thessalonians 5:22

reject every kind of evil.