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Proverbs 27:12

“A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.”

Verse in context — Proverbs 27

10

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.

11

My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

12

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

13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

14

He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

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