English Standard Version
Proverbs 27:12
12The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
Proverbs 27:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- New International Version (NIV)The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself; The simple pass on and are punished.
- New Living Translation (NLT)A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
Context of Proverbs 27:12
10Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. 11Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. 13Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. 14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
Read all of Proverbs 27Proverbs 27:12 word by word
עָר֤וּם רָאָ֣ה רָעָ֣ה נִסְתָּ֑ר פְּ֝תָאיִ֗ם עָבְר֥וּ נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 27:12
- Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
- Proverbs 22:3The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
- Exodus 9:20Then whoever feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses,
- Psalms 57:1Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.
- Isaiah 26:20Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Hebrews 6:18so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
- Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
Commentaries on Proverbs 27:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12A prudent man foreseeth the evil - The very same as Proverbs 22:3.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Compare the marginal reference.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12Verse 12 Where there is temptation, if we thrust ourselves into it, there will be sin, and punishment will follow.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12This proverb is repeated in Proverbs 22:3.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1312-13. (Compare Pr 20:16; 22:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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