Proverbs 14:16

In 11 translations

BSB

A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.Or fears the LORD

KJV

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

WEB

A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.

ASV

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

LSV

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, || And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

YLT

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

DBY

A wise [man] feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident.

DRC

A wise man feareth and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over and is confident.

GNV

A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but a foole rageth, and is carelesse.

JPS

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but the fool behaveth overbearingly, and is confident.

LXXE

A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.

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Original-language editions

WLC

חָכָ֣ם יָ֭רֵא וְסָ֣ר מֵרָ֑ע וּ֝כְסִ֗יל מִתְעַבֵּ֥ר וּבוֹטֵֽחַ׃

LXX-Br

Σοφὸς φοβηθεὶς ἐξέκλινεν ἀπὸ κακοῦ, ὁ δὲ ἄφρων ἑαυτῷ πεποιθὼς μίγνυται ἀνόμῳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 22:3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
• Proverbs 3:7Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil.
• Genesis 42:18and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
• Proverbs 29:9If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
• Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
• Genesis 33:9“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”
• 1 Kings 20:10–11Then 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.” And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The…
• Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.
• Proverbs 16:6By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.
• Job 31:21–23if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate, then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket. For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I…
• Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
• 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.”
• 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!”
• Proverbs 7:22He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
• Mark 6:17–19For 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. For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have…

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