Cross references

Proverbs 22:3

The prudent see danger and take cover,

but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Proverbs 22:3 BSB

Proverbs 22:3 has 12 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 27:12 (30 votes) and Proverbs 14:16 (29 votes). 19 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 7 to Hebrews 11.

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Which verses does Proverbs 22:3 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

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

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

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

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

  5. Hebrews 11:711 votes

    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.

  6. Proverbs 7:710 votes

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

  7. He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.

  8. Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter, but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.

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

  10. 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.

Which verses point to Proverbs 22:3?

The 10 strongest of 19.