Proverbs 5:23

American Standard Version (1901)

He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:21 : 21 Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
  • Job 36:12 : 12 But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.
  • Prov 14:14 : 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
  • 2 Pet 2:15-22 : 15 forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the [son] of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing; 16 but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man's voice and stayed the madness of the prophet. 17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved. 18 For, uttering great swelling [words] of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error; 19 promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first. 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 It has happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog turning to his own vomit again, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.
  • Ps 81:12 : 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

  • Prov 1:31-32
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    74%

    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

    32For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is [their] folly.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26When the righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth therein; in his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Job 36:12
    72%

    12But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; [But] he that is careless of his ways shall die.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Eccl 7:17
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    17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

  • Prov 29:1
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    1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Job 5:2
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    2For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

  • Job 18:7
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    7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Prov 17:21
    71%

    21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

  • Ezek 3:20
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    20Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labor of fools wearieth every one of them; for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

  • Prov 23:13
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    13Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Prov 15:32
    70%

    32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

  • Ps 49:10
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    10For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.

  • Prov 7:22-23
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    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

    23Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

  • Job 4:21
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    21Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

  • Ps 49:19
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    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light.

  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24To the wise the way of life [goeth] upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

  • Prov 26:5
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    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 19:27
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    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

  • Job 18:18
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    18He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.