Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

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

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 .

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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 wise man watches his step. 16 A wise one fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is sure. 17 He who is soon angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked plots is hated.



Cross References

Proverbs 22:3

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

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Jehovah and depart from evil.

Genesis 33:9

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Keep what you have yourself.

Genesis 42:18

And Joseph said to them the third day, Do this and live. I fear God.

1 Kings 19:2

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

1 Kings 20:10-11

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

1 Kings 20:18

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

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that had been before me were too heavy upon the people, and had taken bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not do this, because of the fear of God.

Job 28:28

And to 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 watched over my help in the gate;

Psalm 34:14

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

Psalm 119:120

My flesh trembles in fear of You; and I am afraid of Your judgments.

Proverbs 7:22

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

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth, iniquity is purged, and by the fear of Jehovah men turn away from evil.

Proverbs 16:17

The way of the upright is to turn away from evil; he who keeps his way guards his way.

Proverbs 28:14

Blessed is the man dreading God, but he who hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he 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 out and laid hold on John and had bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. For he had married her,

Mark 6:24-25

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

John 9:40

And those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, Are we also blind?

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from every appearance of evil.

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