John Trapp on Proverbs 22:3

Verſ. 3. A prudent man foreſeeth an evil, &c.] Previſion is the beſt means of prevention. A wiſe mans eyes are in his head, Eccleſ. 2.14. his heart is alſo at his right hand, Eccleſ. 10.2. The Chineſes ſay of themſelves, that all other Nations of the world ſee but with one eye, they only with two. The Italians give out, that they only do ſapere ante factum, look before they leap, fore-caſt an evil before it befall them. But theſe are praiſes proper to them that have learned holy and heavenly wiſdome, that by certain ſights and ſigns diſcern a tempeſt in the clouds, and ſeek ſeaſonable ſhelter under the hollow of Gods hand, under the ſhadow of his wings. Such prudent perſons were Noah, Joſeph, Jonadab, Joſiah, the Chriſtians at Pella, &c.

But the fool paſſeth on] Puſheth on without fear or wit, as being reſolved to have his will, what ever it ſtand him in.

And is puniſhed] As a juſt reward of his raſhneſs. Sin ever ends tragically. Flagitium & flagellum, ut acus & filum. Who ever waxed fierce againſt God and proſpered?Job 9.4. With the froward thou wilt wreſtle, ſaith David, Pſal. 18.16. Upon the wicked God ſhall rain ſnares, &c. Pſal. 11.6. And then, ut leo caſſibus irretitus dixit, ſipraeſciviſſem, as the Lion when hee was caught in the Hunters toyl, ſaid, If I had fore-known this miſchief, I would have ſhunned it. So theſe after-wits, theſe poſt-maſters, theſe Epimetheuſſes ſhall come in (but all too late) with their Fools Had-I-wiſt, which they ſhould have timouſly foreſeen and prevented.