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The wiseחָכָםfearsיָרֵאand turns awayוְסָרfrom evil,מֵרָעbut the senselessוּכְסִילbecomes furiousמִתְעַבֵּרand is confident.וּבוֹטֵחַ
Proverbs 14:16
Study it in the app“The wise fears and turns away from evil, but the senseless becomes furious and is confident.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 14:16, word by word
- The wiseחָכָםchacham
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chacham” appears- fearsיָרֵאyare
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yare” appears- and turns awayסָרsar
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sar” appears- from evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- but the senselessכְסִילchesil
senseless, fool
Fool: not someone who knows little, but someone who despises wisdom and trusts in himself.
Where else “chesil” appears- becomes furiousמִתְעַבֵּרmitaber
overflow
To be filled with an anger that overflows, like a river leaving its bed.
Where else “mitaber” appears- and is confidentבוֹטֵחַvoteach
be secure
To live at ease, without fear or suspicion.
Where else “voteach” appears
The context
15The simple believes every word, but the shrewd understands his steps.
16 · This verse (above)
17One who is short of anger does folly, and a man of schemes is hated.