Proverbs 27:12 - Easy To Read Version

¹² Wise people see trouble coming and get out of its way. But a fool goes straight to the trouble and suffers because of it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and are punished.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Common English Bible

¹² Prudent people see evil and hide; the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² The discerning man, seeing evil, hides himself. The little ones, continuing on, sustain losses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² The prudent man seeing evil hideth himself: little ones passing on have suffered losses.

Proverbs 27:12 Tagairtí Cros

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Proverbs 27:11

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Proverbs 27:13

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Hebrews 11:7

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Hebrews 6:18

Those two things cannot change. God cannot lie when he says something and he cannot lie when he makes a vow. So those things give great comfort to us who came to God for safety. Those two things give us comfort and strength to continue in the hope that God gives us.

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word \{of God\} is keeping the skies and the earth that we have now. The skies and the earth are being kept to be destroyed by fire. The skies and the earth are kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of all people who are against God.