Proverbs 22:3 (BSB)

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

From Proverbs 22. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 22:3

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 22:3: See here, 1. The benefit of wisdom and consideration: A prudent man, by the help of his prudence, will foresee an evil, before it comes, and hide himself; he will be aware when he is entering into a temptation and will put on his armour and stand on his guard.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 22:3: A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself,.... A wise man, whose eyes are in his head, who looks about him and before him, and is cautious and careful of his conduct and behaviour; he foresees the evil of sin he is liable to be drawn into by such and such company, snares, and temptations; and therefore he keeps from them, and abstains from...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 22:3: are punished--that is, for their temerity; for the evil is not necessarily punitive, as the prudent might otherwise be its objects.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 22:3: A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. (c) That is, the punishment, which is prepared for the wicked and flees to God for help.