New English Translation
Proverbs 14:16
16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.
Proverbs 14:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
- New International Version (NIV)The wise fear the Lord and shun evil, but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.
- English Standard Version (ESV)One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A wise man fears and departs from evil, But a fool rages and is self-confident.
Context of Proverbs 14:16
14The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his. 15A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps. A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident. 17A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated. 18The naive inherit folly, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge.
Read all of Proverbs 14Proverbs 14:16 word by word
חָכָ֣ם יָ֭רֵא וְסָ֣ר מֵרָ֑ע וּ֝כְסִ֗יל מִתְעַבֵּ֥ר וּבוֹטֵֽחַ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 14:16
- Proverbs 3:7Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
- Proverbs 16:6Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.
- Proverbs 22:3A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.
- Genesis 33:9But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.”
- Genesis 42:18On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.
- Nehemiah 5:15But 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 31:21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,
- Psalms 119:120My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments. ע (Ayin)
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Stay away from every form of evil.
- Proverbs 7:22Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare
- Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.
- Proverbs 29:9If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.
- 1 Kings 19:2Jezebel 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 20:10Ben 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.”
- Ecclesiastes 10:13At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,
- Mark 6:17For 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.
Commentaries on Proverbs 14:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16A wise man feareth - He can never trust in himself, though he be satisfied from himself. He knows that his suffiency is of God; and he has that fear that causes him to depart from evil, which is a guardian to the love he feels. Love renders him cautious; the other makes him confident. His caution leads him from sin; his confidence leads him to God.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16Verse 16 Holy fear guards against every thing unholy.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. (Compare Pr 3:7; 28:14). rageth--acts proudly and conceitedly.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 14
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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