Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Proverbs 14:16, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- Proverbs 3:7
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
- Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
- Genesis 42:18
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
- Job 31:21
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
- Genesis 33:9
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
- Proverbs 28:14
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
- 1 Kings 20:10
And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that…
- Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
- Proverbs 16:17
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
- Psalms 119:120
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
More to meet God in Proverbs
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.