Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
Cross References
Job 28:28
And He said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"

Psalm 34:14
Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 14:15
The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

Proverbs 14:17
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.

Proverbs 16:6
By loving devotion and truth, wickedness is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD a man turns aside from evil.

Proverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

feareth

Proverbs 3:7
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 16:6, 17
By loving devotion and truth, wickedness is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD a man turns aside from evil. . . .

Proverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Genesis 33:9
"I already have plenty, my brother, " Esau replied. "Keep what belongs to you."

Genesis 42:18
and on the third day he said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God.

Nehemiah 5:15
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.

Job 31:21-23
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate, . . .

Psalm 119:120
My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from every form of evil.

the fool

Proverbs 7:22
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

1 Kings 19:2
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!"

1 Kings 20:10, 11, 18
Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: "May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful." . . .

Ecclesiastes 10:13
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

Mark 6:17-19, 24, 25
For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip's wife Herodias, whom Herod had married. . . .

John 9:40
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, "Are we blind too?"

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