Proverbs 14:16

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Summary

Proverbs 14:16

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

Feareth

The fool

Bible References

Feareth

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil.

By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns away from evil.

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

But Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself."

On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.

Abstain from every form of evil.

The fool

All at once he follows her, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a stag is caught fast

Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow."

Ben-hadad sent to him and said, "The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me."

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.

For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her.

Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"