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Proverbs 22:3
The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.
Proverbs 22:3 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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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.
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
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 better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.
2 The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.
3 The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.
4 The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
5 Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them.
6 It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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