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New American Standard Bible (©1995)
A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, But a fool is arrogant and careless.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
A wise person is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is careless and overconfident. King James Bible
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. Jump to Previous Occurrence
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Arrogant Beareth Behaveth Careless Cautious Confident Danger Departeth Evil Feareth Fearing Fears Fool Foolish Goes Insolently Keeps Pride Rageth Reckless Restraint Shuns Thought Throws Transgressing Turns Wise Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 16 Note, 1. Holy fear is an excellent guard upon every holy thing, and against every thing that is unholy. It is wisdom to depart from evil, from the evil of sin, and thereby from all other evil; and therefore it is wisdom to fear, that is, to be jealous over ourselves with a godly jealousy, to keep up a dread of God's wrath, to be afraid of coming near the borders of sin or dallying with the beginnings of it. A wise man, for fear of harm, keeps out of harm's way, and starts back in a fright when he finds himself entering into temptation. 2. Presumption is folly. He who, when he is warned of his danger, rages and is confident, furiously pushes on, cannot bear to be checked, bids defiance to the wrath and curse of God, and, fearless of danger, persists in his rebellion, makes bold with the occasions of sin, and plays upon the precipice, he is a fool, for he acts against his reason and his interest, and his ruin will quickly be the proof of his folly. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: A and arrogant away but careless cautious evil fears fool from hotheaded is LORD man reckless shuns the turns wise Bible Browser | 
