Proverbs 14:16

“A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil, etc.] He fears God, and is careful not to offend him; wherefore he departs from sin, stands at a distance from it, abstains from all appearance of it; being influenced by the goodness and grace of God unto him, he fears the Lord and his goodness, and therefore avoids all occasions of sinning against him: his motive is not merely fear of punishment, as Jarchi, but a sense of goodness; and now, as it is through the influence of divine fear that men depart from evil; so to do this shows a good understanding, and that such a man is a wise man, (<201606>Proverbs 16:6 <182828>Job 28:28); but the fool rageth, and is confident; he fears neither God nor…”

“(Compare Pro 3:7; Pro 28:14). rageth--acts proudly and conceitedly.”

“Feareth - Trembles at God's judgments when they are either inflicted or threatened. Rageth - Frets against God; or is enraged against his messengers. Confident - Secure and insensible of his danger. Proverbs 14:17”

“feareth: Pro 3:7, Pro 16:6, Pro 16:17, Pro 22:3; Gen 33:9, Gen 42:18; Neh 5:15; Job 31:21-23; Psa 119:120; Th1 5:22 the fool: Pro 7:22, Pro 28:14, Pro 29:9; Kg1 19:2, Kg1 20:10, Kg1 20:11, Kg1 20:18; Ecc 10:13; Mar 6:17-19, Mar 6:24, Mar 6:25; Joh 9:40 Proverbs 14:17”

“16 The wise feareth and departeth from evil; But the fool loseth his wits and is regardless. Our editions have ירא with Munach, as if חכם ירא were a substantive with its adjective; but Cod. 1294 has חכם with Rebia, and thus it must be: חכם is the subject, and what follows is its complex predicate. Most interpreters translate 16b: the fool is over-confident (Zckler), or the fool rushes on (Hitzig), as also Luther: but a fool rushes wildly through, i.e., in a daring, presumptuous manner. But התעבּר denotes everywhere nothing else than to fall into extreme anger, to become heated beyond measure, Pro 26:17 (cf. Pro 20:2), Deu 3:26, etc. Thus 16a and 16b are fully contrasted. What is said of the…”