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Proverbs 14:16

A wise man fears

and turns from evil,

but a fool is careless and reckless.

Proverbs 14:16 BSB
  1. a Or fears the LORD

Proverbs 14:16 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 19 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 22:3 (13 votes) and Proverbs 3:7 (12 votes). 16 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 19 to 1 Peter 1.

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Which verses does Proverbs 14:16 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Proverbs 22:313 votes

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

  2. Proverbs 3:712 votes

    Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

  3. 1 Thessalonians 5:2211 votes

    Abstain from every form of evil.

  4. Genesis 42:187 votes

    and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

  5. Proverbs 29:97 votes

    If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

  6. Genesis 33:96 votes

    “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

  7. 1 Kings 20:10–116 votes

    Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.” And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

  8. Job 31:21–236 votes

    if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate, then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket. …

  9. Proverbs 16:66 votes

    By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

  10. Proverbs 16:176 votes

    The highway of the upright leads away from evil; he who guards his way protects his life.

  11. Proverbs 28:146 votes
  12. 1 Kings 19:25 votes
  13. 1 Kings 20:185 votes
  14. Psalm 119:1205 votes
  15. Proverbs 7:225 votes
  16. Mark 6:17–195 votes
  17. Ecclesiastes 10:134 votes
  18. Mark 6:24–254 votes
  19. John 9:404 votes
  20. Nehemiah 5:153 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 14:16?

The 10 strongest of 16.