³ The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

¹² The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

¹⁶ The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

⁷ By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

² For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

³ When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.

⁴ But you, my brothers, are not in the dark, for that day to overtake you like a thief:

⁵ For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

⁶ So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.

⁷ I saw among the young men one without sense,

¹⁸ So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

¹⁵ When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

¹⁶ Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

¹⁷ Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:

¹⁸ And let not him who is in the field go back to get his coat.

²⁰ Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.

²¹ For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.

¹ A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

¹⁶ Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

¹⁷ Drink taken without right is sweet, and food in secret is pleasing.

¹⁸ But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.

²² The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

²³ Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

²⁰ Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who had the fear of the Lord, made his servants and his cattle come quickly into the house:

²¹ And he who gave no attention to the word of the Lord, kept his servants and his cattle in the field.