Esav said, *I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.*
Proverbs 14:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: But the fool rageth, and is confident. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil, but the fool bears himself insolently and is [presumptuously] confident. American Standard Version (1901) A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident. Common English Bible The wise are careful and avoid evil, but fools become excited and overconfident. Catholic Public Domain Version The wise fear, and so turn away from evil. The foolish leap ahead with confidence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A wise man feareth and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over and is confident. |
Esav said, *I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours.*
Yosef said to them the third day, *Do this, and live, for I fear God.
Then Izevel send a messenger to Eliyahu, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
He said, Whether they are come out for shalom, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.
But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.
There was a man in the land of `Utz, whose name was Iyov. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'*
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no shalom.
He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
The donkey saw the angel of the LORD, and she lay down under Bil`am: and Bil`am's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
Those of the Perushim who were with him heard these things, and said to him, *Are we also blind?*