Proverbs 22:3-5

The Message

³A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks;
a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.

⁴The payoff for meekness and Fear-of-God
is plenty and honor and a satisfying life.

⁵The perverse travel a dangerous road, potholed and mud-slick;
if you know what’s good for you, stay clear of it.

Proverbs 22:3-5

New International Version

³The prudent see danger and take refuge,^(A)
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.^(B)

⁴Humility is the fear of the Lord;
its wages are riches and honor^(C) and life.^(D)

⁵In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,^(E)
but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

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

⁴By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

⁵Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

The Message (MSG)

New International Version (NIV)