12 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 27:12
Faithful Friendship, Honest Rebuke, Guarded Praise, Wise Stewardship, and the Testing of the Heart
The chapter moves from humility before tomorrow and restraint in praise, to anger, jealousy, rebuke, and friendship, to appetite and neighborly loyalty, to prudence, surety, and speech timing, to relational sharpening and service, to the heart's reflection and testing by praise, and finally to careful stewardship of flocks, fields, and household provision.
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Verse 12
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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 נִסְתָּ֑ר H5641 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular [but] the simple פְּ֝תָאיִ֗ם H6612 Noun - masculine plural keep going עָבְר֥וּ H5674 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural [and] pay the penalty נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃ H6064 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural