12The 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 prudentעָר֤וּםH6175Adjective - masculine singularseeרָאָ֣הH7200Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singulardangerרָעָ֣הH7451Adjective - feminine singularand take coverנִסְתָּ֑רH5641Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular[but] the simpleפְּ֝תָאיִ֗םH6612Noun - masculine pluralkeep goingעָבְר֥וּH5674Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural[and] pay the penaltyנֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃H6064Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural