Proverbs 22:3

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Summary

Proverbs 22:3

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

Prudent

General references

Mark 13:15

Bible References

Prudent

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who had the fear of the Lord, made his servants and his cattle come quickly into the house:

Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

General references

And Noah, with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the flowing of the waters.

Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who had the fear of the Lord, made his servants and his cattle come quickly into the house:

The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house: