Proverbs 27:12
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
In context
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.
Proverbs 27:12 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- KJV King James Version
- A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- WEB World English Bible
- A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A prudent [man] seeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.