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Proverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
Proverbs 22:3 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 22:3 in other translations
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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In context
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
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