“A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.”
Proverbs 27:12 (WEB)
Context Reading
10Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend.Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster.A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother. 11Be wise, my son,and bring joy to my heart,then I can answer my tormentor. 12A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge;but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. 13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger.Hold it for a wayward woman! 14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning,it will be taken as a curse by him.