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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 22) Proverbs 22:3 KJV
"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."
Proverbs 22:3 in Context (Verses 1–6 KJV)
1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.*
2
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.*
5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be 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.**