Parallel Verses
King James 2000
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
New American Standard Bible
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
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:16
Verse Info
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.
Names
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.