Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Prudent

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil,
But the fool is arrogant and careless.
Proverbs 27:12

A prudent man sees evil and hides himself and avoids it,
But the naive [who are easily misled] continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].
Exodus 9:20
Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses and shelters;
Isaiah 26:20

Come, my people, enter your chambers
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide for a little while
Until the [Lord’s] wrath is past.
Matthew 24:15
“So when you see the abomination of desolation [the appalling sacrilege that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand),
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord is coming just as a thief [comes unexpectedly and suddenly] in the night.
Hebrews 6:18
so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith [with confidence in God and His word] Noah, being warned by God about events not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his family. By this [act of obedience] he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.

General references

Genesis 7:7
Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark to escape the flood waters.
Exodus 9:20
Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses and shelters;
Proverbs 27:12

A prudent man sees evil and hides himself and avoids it,
But the naive [who are easily misled] continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].
Matthew 24:16
then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains [for refuge].
Mark 13:15
Whoever is on the housetop must not go down [to enter the house], or go inside to take anything out of his house;