Proverbs 14:16

A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil,.... 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…

Note, 1. Holy fear is an excellent guard upon every holy thing, and against every thing that is unholy. It is wisdom to depart from evil, from the evil of sin, and thereby from all other evil; and…

rageth Or, beareth himself insolently, R.V. The rendering however, rageth, or loses his temper, is borne out by Psa 78:21; Psa 78:59, where both A.V. and R.V. render the same Heb. word, was wroth.