Proverbs 22:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ Wise people see trouble coming and get out of its way. But foolish people go straight to the trouble and suffer because of it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and are punished.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].

American Standard Version (1901)

³ A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Common English Bible

³ Prudent people see trouble and hide, while the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ The clever saw evil and hid himself. The innocent continued on and was afflicted with damage.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.

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Proverbs 22:4

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Proverbs 27:12

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Proverbs 29:1

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Proverbs 7:7

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Hebrews 11:7

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Hebrews 6:18

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