Proverbs 22:3 - Modern English Version

³ A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

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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.

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