Proverbs 27:12

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Proverbs 27:12


← Proverbs 27:11 Proverbs 27:12 (KJV) Proverbs 27:13 →
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A prudentH6175 man foreseethH7200 the evilH7451, and hidethH5641 himself; but the simpleH6612 pass onH5674, and are punishedH6064.


Original Hebrew

עָרוּם רָאָה רָעָה נִסְתָּר פְּתָאיִם עָבְרוּ נֶעֱנָשׁוּ׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
עָר֤וּם
'a.Rum H6175 HAamsa a sensible (person)
רָאָ֣ה
ra.'Ah H7200 HVqp3ms he sees
רָעָ֣ה
ra.'Ah H7451 HNcfsa evil
נִסְתָּ֑ר
nis.Tar H5641 HVNp3ms he hides himself
פְּ֝תָאיִ֗ם
pe.ta.Yim H6612 HNcmpa naive people
עָבְר֥וּ
'a.ve.Ru H5674 HVqp3cp they pass on
נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ
ne.'e.Na.shu H6064 HVNp3cp they are punished
Strong's References
  • H5641 — סָתַר (çâthar, saw-thar'): a primitive root; to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively; be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.
  • H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] 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) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
  • H6064 — עָנַשׁ (ʻânash, aw-nash'): a primitive root; properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict apenalty, specifically, to fine; amerce, condemn, punish, [idiom] surely.
  • H6175 — עָרוּם (ʻârûwm, aw-room'): passive participle of עָרַם (ʻâram) H6191; cunning (usually in a bad sense); crafty, prudent, subtil.
  • H6612 — פְּתִי (pᵉthîy, peth-ee'): or פֶּתִי (pethîy); or פְּתָאִי (pᵉthâʼîy); from פָּתָה (pâthâh) H6601; silly (i.e. seducible); foolish, simple(-icity, one).
  • H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
  • H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע (râʻaʻ) H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
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