A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
The verse sets a wise person who fears and turns away from evil against a fool who rages and remains sure of himself. Wisdom makes a person modest, cautious, and fearful to act, while a small amount of learning makes a person hasty in judgment and overconfident in conclusion. The raging confidence of the fool is seen in meeting the foretold signs of Christ's coming with ridicule and bravado rather than stopping to weigh them.
The verse sets a wise person who fears and turns away from evil against a fool who rages and remains sure of himself. Wisdom makes a person modest, cautious, and fearful to act, while a small amount of learning makes a person hasty in judgment and overconfident in conclusion. The raging confidence of the fool is seen in meeting the foretold signs of Christ's coming with ridicule and bravado rather than stopping to weigh them.