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Proverbs 27:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 12 The shrewd person sees the danger and conceals himself,+
  But the inexperienced keep right on going and suffer the consequences.*

Proverbs 27:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 12 The shrewd one that has seen the calamity has concealed himself;+ the inexperienced that have passed along have suffered the penalty.+

Proverbs 27:12

The Bible in Living English
- 12 A sagacious man, seeing an evil, gets under cover;
  simpletons, going ahead, pay the penalty.

Proverbs 27:12

American Standard Version
- 12 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Proverbs 27:12

The Emphasized Bible
- 12 A prudent man seeth calamity—he hideth himself, The simple pass on—they suffer.

Proverbs 27:12

King James Version
- 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs

Research Guide
- 27:12
  
  How to Be Content During Economic Hardship
  
  w26.11 pp. 27-28
  
  Anxiety About Danger
  
  w15 7/1 pp. 8-9