Proverbs 14:16

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹⁵ A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps. ¹⁶ A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident. ¹⁷ A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.

Foolish Man

Wise Man

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Proverbs 22:3

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

Genesis 33:9

But Esau said, "I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you."

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.

1 Kings 19:2

Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, "May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!"

1 Kings 20:10-11

Ben Hadad sent another message to him, "May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands."

1 Kings 20:18

He ordered, "Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive."

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

Job 28:28

And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord -- that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

Job 31:21-23

if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

Psalm 34:14

Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!

Psalm 119:120

My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.

Proverbs 7:22

Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare

Proverbs 16:6

Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.

Proverbs 16:17

The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

Proverbs 28:14

Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,

Mark 6:17-19

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

Mark 6:24-25

So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

John 9:40

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, "We are not blind too, are we?"

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Stay away from every form of evil.