Parallel Verses
Webster
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, 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 .
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 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.
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 believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. 16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
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Cross References
Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Genesis 33:9
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep what thou hast to thyself.
Genesis 42:18
And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.
1 Kings 20:10-11
And 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 that follow me.
1 Kings 20:18
And he said, Whether they have come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they have come out for war, take them alive.
Nehemiah 5:15
But the former governors, that had been before me were chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, 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 saw my help in the gate:
Psalm 34:14
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Psalm 119:120
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Proverbs 7:22
He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth 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 keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Proverbs 28:14
Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rageth or laugheth, there is no rest.
Ecclesiastes 10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Mark 6:17-19
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
Mark 6:24-25
And she went forth, and said to 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 to him, Are we blind also?
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.