¹⁶ A wise man fears, and shuns evil, But the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

³ A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

⁷ Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

¹⁴ Blessed is the man who always fears; But one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

⁹ If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, The fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.

¹⁸ For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

¹⁹ Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn't,

²⁴ She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."

²⁵ She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."

⁴⁰ Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"

²² Abstain from every form of evil.

⁶ By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

²² He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose.

¹⁸ Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.

² Then Jezebel send a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

¹⁰ Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me.

¹¹ The king of Israel answered, Tell him, Don't let him who girds on [his armor] boast himself as he who puts it off.

¹⁸ He said, Whether they are come out for peace, take them alive, or whether they are come out for war, taken them alive.

¹⁵ But the former governors who were before me were chargeable to the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but I didn't do so, because of the fear of God.

²⁸ To man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. To depart from evil is understanding.'"

²¹ If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

²² Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And my arm be broken from the bone.

²³ For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

¹⁴ Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.

⁹ Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours."