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Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A prudent
`aruwm (Hebrew #6175)
cunning (usually in a bad sense)
KJV usage: crafty, prudent, subtil.
Pronounce: aw-room'
Origin: passive participle of 6191
man foreseeth
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
, and hideth
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
himself: but the simple
pthiy (Hebrew #6612)
or pthaeiy {peth-aw-ee'}; from 6601; silly (i.e. seducible)
KJV usage: foolish, simple(-icity, one).
Pronounce: peth-ee'
Origin: or pethiy {peh'-thee}
pass on
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and are punished
`anash (Hebrew #6064)
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict a penalty, specifically, to fine
KJV usage: amerce, condemn, punish, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-nash'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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prudent.
Prov. 14:16• 16A wise man feareth and departeth from evil; but the foolish is overbearing and confident. (Prov. 14:16)
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Prov. 27:12• 12A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; the simple pass on, and are punished. (Prov. 27:12)
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Ex. 9:20‑21• 20He that feared the word of Jehovah among the bondmen of Pharaoh made his bondmen and his cattle flee into the houses.
 21But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field. (Ex. 9:20‑21)
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Isa. 26:20‑21• 20Come, my people, enter into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself just for a little moment, until the indignation be past.
 21For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. (Isa. 26:20‑21)
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Matt. 24:15‑18• 15When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation, which is spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in what is a holy place, (he that reads let him understand,)
 16then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains;
 17let not him that is on the house come down to take the things out of his house;
 18and let not him that is in the field turn back to take his garment. (Matt. 24:15‑18)
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1 Thess. 5:2‑6• 2for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief by night.
 3When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
 4But *ye*, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief:
 5for all *ye* are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.
 6So then do not let us sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober; (1 Thess. 5:2‑6)
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Heb. 6:18• 18that by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible that God should lie, we might have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:18)
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Heb. 11:7• 7By faith, Noah, oracularly warned concerning things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. (Heb. 11:7)
the simple.
Prov. 7:7,22‑23• 7and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
 22He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;
 23till an arrow strike through his liver: as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life. (Prov. 7:7,22‑23)
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Prov. 9:16‑18• 16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
 17Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
 18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. (Prov. 9:16‑18)
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Prov. 29:1• 1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)
• These solemn words are designedly repeated in Proverbs 27:12. It is an evidence of God’s exceeding love that He has so faithfully warned us of the terrible consequences that follow the refusal to bow before Him in repentance, and to receive the grace He offers through Christ Jesus. The wise man sees the evil afar off and hides himself in the refuge God has provided. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.