3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 22:3
A Good Name, Humility, Training, Justice for the Poor, and the Words of the Wise
The chapter moves from reputation and humility, to training and generosity, to discipline and oppression, then into a formal instruction section that calls the learner to receive the words of the wise, protect the poor, avoid anger-shaped companionship, reject rash financial pledges, honor inherited boundaries, and pursue skilled work.
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Verse 3
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The prudent עָר֤וּם׀ H6175 Adjective - masculine singular see רָאָ֣ה H7200 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular danger רָעָ֣ה H7451 Adjective - feminine singular and take cover וְיִסָּתֵר H5641 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular but the simple וּ֝פְתָיִ֗ים H6612 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural keep going עָבְר֥וּ H5674 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural and suffer the consequences וְֽנֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃ H6064 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural