Proverbs 14:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.”
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“A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 14:16 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 33:9“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
- Genesis 42:18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
- Numbers 22:27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.
- 1 Kings 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”
- 1 Kings 20:10Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- 1 Kings 20:18“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
- Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Job 28:28And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
- Psalms 34:14Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
- Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
- Proverbs 7:22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
- Proverbs 16:6By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
- Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
- Proverbs 22:3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 29:9If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
- Mark 6:17For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- Mark 6:24Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
- John 9:40Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
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