3The 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 prudentעָר֤וּם׀H6175Adjective - masculine singularseeרָאָ֣הH7200Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singulardangerרָעָ֣הH7451Adjective - feminine singularand take coverוְיִסָּתֵרH5641Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularbut the simpleוּ֝פְתָיִ֗יםH6612Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine pluralkeep goingעָבְר֥וּH5674Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluraland suffer the consequencesוְֽנֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃H6064Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural