Proverbs 27:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 27:12

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

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ASV

American Standard Version

A prudent man seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [But] the simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 27

¹⁰ Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

¹² The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

¹³ Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

¹⁴ If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

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