Proverbs 14:16Bible in Basic English
The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
Related Verses
Genesis 2:9
And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:17
But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be by himself: I will make one like himself as a help to him
Genesis 2:20
And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every beast of the field; but Adam had no one like himself as a help.
Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?