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Selected Verse: Proverbs 14:16 - Strong Concordance

Verse         Translation Text
Pr 14:16 Strong Concordance A wise [02450] man feareth [03373], and departeth [05493] from evil [07451]: but the fool [03684] rageth [05674], and is confident [0982].
  King James A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(Compare Pro 3:7; Pro 28:14).

rageth--acts proudly and conceitedly.
 
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14 Happy [0835] is the man [0120] that feareth [06342] alway [08548]: but he that hardeneth [07185] his heart [03820] shall fall [05307] into mischief [07451].
7 Be not wise [02450] in thine own eyes [05869]: fear [03372] the LORD [03068], and depart [05493] from evil [07451].
27 Depart [05493] from evil [07451], and do [06213] good [02896]; and dwell [07931] for evermore [05769].
15 The eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068] are upon the righteous [06662], and his ears [0241] are open unto their cry [07775].
1 There was a man [0376] in the land [0776] of Uz [05780], whose name [08034] was Job [0347]; and that man [0376] was perfect [08535] and upright [03477], and one that feared [03373] God [0430], and eschewed [05493] evil [07451].
26 But the LORD [03068] was wroth [05674] with me for your sakes, and would not hear [08085] me: and the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Let it suffice [07227] thee; speak [01696] no more [03254] unto me of this matter [01697].
2 The fear [0367] of a king [04428] is as the roaring [05099] of a lion [03715]: whoso provoketh him to anger [05674] sinneth [02398] against his own soul [05315].
17 He that passeth by [05674], and meddleth [05674] with strife [07379] belonging not to him, is like one that taketh [02388] a dog [03611] by the ears [0241].