"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."
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He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.