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Proverbs 27:12

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 27:12 in other translations

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

Proverbs 27:12 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 27:12 in context

  1. 10Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.
    Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.
    A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
  2. 11Be wise, my son,
    and bring joy to my heart,
    then I can answer my tormentor.
  3. 12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;
    but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
  4. 13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.
    Hold it for a wayward woman!
  5. 14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,
    it will be taken as a curse by him.