Proverbs 14:8
New Living Translation
8 The prudent understand where they are going,
but fools deceive themselves.
Proverbs 14:8
New International Version
Proverbs 14:15
New Living Translation
15 Only simpletons believe everything they’re told!
The prudent carefully consider their steps.
Proverbs 14:15
New International Version
15 The simple believe anything,
but the prudent give thought to their steps.(A)
Proverbs 14:18
New Living Translation
18 Simpletons are clothed with foolishness,[a]
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Footnotes
- 14:18 Or inherit foolishness.
Proverbs 14:18
New International Version
18 The simple inherit folly,
but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs 15:5
New Living Translation
5 Only a fool despises a parent’s[a] discipline;
whoever learns from correction is wise.
Footnotes
- 15:5 Hebrew father’s.
Proverbs 15:5
New International Version
5 A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)
Proverbs 22:3
New Living Translation
3 A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.
The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
Proverbs 22:3
New International Version
Proverbs 27:12
New Living Translation
12 A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.
The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
Proverbs 27:12
New International Version
12 The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.(A)
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.