Parallel Verses

King James 2000

A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.

New American Standard Bible

A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,
But a fool is arrogant and careless.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

A wise man is cautious and turns from evil,
but a fool is easily angered and is careless.

International Standard Version

The wise person fears and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and overconfident.

A Conservative Version

A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil,
But the fool is arrogant and careless.

Bible in Basic English

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

The wise one feared and departed from evil: and the foolish overflowing, and being confident .

Lexham Expanded Bible

The wise is cautious and turns from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is confident.

Modern King James verseion

A wise one fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is sure.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but a fool goeth on presumptuously.

NET Bible

A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

A wise man, feareth, and avoideth evil, but, a dullard, is haughty and confident.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A wise
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

ירא 
Yare' 
Usage: 43

and departeth
שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

but the fool
כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

15 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well where he is going. 16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident. 17 He that is quickly angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked intentions is hated.



Cross References

Proverbs 22:3

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

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Genesis 33:9

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep what you have unto yourself.

Genesis 42:18

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

1 Kings 19:2

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

1 Kings 20:10-11

And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for a handful for each of the people that follow me.

1 Kings 20:18

And he said, If they be come out for peace, take them alive; or if they be come out for war, take them alive.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that had been before me laid burdens upon the people, and had taken of them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Job 31:21-23

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw I had help in the gate:

Psalm 34:14

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalm 119:120

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

Proverbs 7:22

He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.

Proverbs 28:14

Happy is the man that is reverent always: but he that hardens his heart shall fall into calamity.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether the foolish man rages or laughs, there is no rest.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is wicked madness.

Mark 6:17-19

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.

Mark 6:24-25

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

John 9:40

And some of the Pharisees who were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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