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Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A prudent
`aruwm (Hebrew #6175)
cunning (usually in a bad sense)
KJV usage: crafty, prudent, subtil.
Pronounce: aw-room'
Origin: passive participle of 6191
man foreseeth
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
, and hideth
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
himself: but the simple
pthiy (Hebrew #6612)
or pthaeiy {peth-aw-ee'}; from 6601; silly (i.e. seducible)
KJV usage: foolish, simple(-icity, one).
Pronounce: peth-ee'
Origin: or pethiy {peh'-thee}
pass on
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X 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) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, and are punished
`anash (Hebrew #6064)
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict a penalty, specifically, to fine
KJV usage: amerce, condemn, punish, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-nash'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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prudent.
Prov. 14:16• 16The wise one feareth and departeth from evil;{HR}But the foolish is overbearing and confident. (Prov. 14:16)
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Prov. 27:12• 12A prudent [man] seeth the evil [and] hideth himself;{HR}The simple pass on [and] suffer for it. (Prov. 27:12)
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Ex. 9:20‑21• 20{i}He that feared the word of Jehovah among the bondmen of Pharaoh made his bondmen and his cattle flee into the houses.{/i}
 21{i}But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field.{/i} (Ex. 9:20‑21)
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Isa. 26:20‑21• 20Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee; hide thyself for a little moment, until the indignation be past.
 21For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth on them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. (Isa. 26:20‑21)
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Matt. 24:15‑18• 15When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation that was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in [the] holy place (let the reader understand),
 16then let those in Judea flee unto the mountains;
 17let not him that is upon the house come down to take the things out of the house;
 18and let not him that is in the field return back to take his cloak. (Matt. 24:15‑18)
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1 Thess. 5:2‑6• 2For yourselves know thoroughly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief at night.
 3When they are saying peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh on them as the pain on her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
 4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief;
 5for ye all are sons of light and sons of day: we are not of night nor of darkness.
 6So, then, let us not sleep as [do] the rest, but let us watch and be sober. (1 Thess. 5:2‑6)
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Heb. 6:18• 18intervened by an oath, that by two unchangeable things in which [it was] impossible that God should lie we might have strong encouragement that fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us, (Heb. 6:18)
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Heb. 11:7• 7By faith Noah, oracularly warned of things not yet beheld, moved with fear, constructed an ark for saving his house, by which he condemned the world and became heir of righteousness that is according to faith. (Heb. 11:7)
the simple.
Prov. 7:7,22‑23• 7I discerned among the sons,{HR}A young man void of understanding,
 22He goeth after suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,{HR}And as in fetters to his correction the fool;
 23Till an arrow strike through his liver,{HR}As a bird hasteth to the snare,{HR}And knoweth not that [it is] for its life. (Prov. 7:7,22‑23)
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Prov. 9:16‑18• 16Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither.{HR}And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
 17Stolen waters are sweet,{HR}And the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
 18But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there,{HR}[That] her guests [are] in the depths of Sheol. (Prov. 9:16‑18)
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Prov. 29:1• 1{i}He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,{HR}Shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy.{/i} (Prov. 29:1)
• These solemn words are designedly repeated in Proverbs 27:12. It is an evidence of God’s exceeding love that He has so faithfully warned us of the terrible consequences that follow the refusal to bow before Him in repentance, and to receive the grace He offers through Christ Jesus. The wise man sees the evil afar off and hides himself in the refuge God has provided. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

W. Kelly Translation

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A prudent one seeth the evil and hideth himself;{HR}But the simple pass on and are punished.