Proverbs 14:15–16

¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

¹BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

¹²A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

²⁶Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

¹⁴That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

³A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

¹⁸For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

¹⁹For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.

⁷Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

¹³Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

³A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

⁷¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

²²Abstain from all appearance of evil.

¹⁸And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

⁹If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

¹⁰And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

¹¹And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

⁹And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

²¹If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

²²Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

²³For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

¹⁷The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

⁶By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

¹⁴Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

²Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

¹⁸And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

¹⁷For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

¹⁸For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

¹⁹Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

²²He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

¹²⁰My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹³The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

²⁸And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

²⁴And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

²⁵And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

¹⁵But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

¹⁴Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.