Proverbs 14:16 (WEB)
A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
Fathers and councils · 2
Athanasius of Alexandria
“…knew not God?’ or how is it if there is no wisdom, that a ‘multitude of wise men’ are found in Scripture? for ‘a wise man feareth and departeth from evil;’ and ‘through wisdom is a house builded;’ and the Preacher says, ‘A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine;’ and he blames those who are headstrong thus, ‘Say…” — editor's note: Prov. xiv. 16.
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Clement of Alexandria
““The wise man, fearing, avoids evil: but the foolish, trusting, mixes himself with it,” says the Scripture; and again it says, “In the fear of the Lord is the hope of strength.”” — editor's note: Prov. xiv. 16, 26.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.8.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.8.