Proverbs 22:3

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Proverbs 22:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

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

4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.

Proverbs 27:12

The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Exodus 9:20

Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,

Exodus 9:21

but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.

Isaiah 26:20

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

Isaiah 26:21

For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

Matthew 24:15

So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

Matthew 24:16

then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Matthew 24:17

Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

Matthew 24:18

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

Hebrews 6:18

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Proverbs 7:7

I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

Proverbs 7:22

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

Proverbs 7:23

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 9:16

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Proverbs 9:17

“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”

Proverbs 9:18

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 29:1

A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.