Proverbs 21:16

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A person who wanders from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

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  • Ps 49:14 : 14 This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits. 19 None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.
  • Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For she has brought down many victims, and numerous are all those she has slain. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 And I will remove those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of Him.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
  • Eph 2:1 : 1 And you were dead in your transgressions and sins.
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God again for themselves and subjecting Him to public disgrace.
  • Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul will have no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Pet 2:21-22 : 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are hidden reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you fearlessly, shepherding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:21
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    21Foolishness brings joy to one lacking sense, but a person of understanding walks a straight path.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23He will die for lack of discipline, and in the abundance of his folly, he will go astray.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end leads to death.

  • Prov 16:25
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    25There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way of death.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Leave your simple ways and live; walk in the way of understanding."

  • Prov 19:15-16
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    15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and a lazy soul will go hungry.

    16The one who keeps the commandment preserves their soul, but whoever despises their ways will die.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17The one who heeds discipline is on the path of life, but the one who rejects correction leads others astray.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10Harsh discipline comes to those who forsake the right path; anyone who hates correction will die.

  • Prov 21:17
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    17Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich.

  • Prov 2:18-20
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    18for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits.

    19None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.

    20So you will walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness is life, and its pathway leads to immortality.

  • Prov 2:13
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    13from those who abandon the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

  • Prov 10:9
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    9The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2It is better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of feasting, because death is the destination of everyone, and the living should take it to heart.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, helping one turn away from the traps of death.

    15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the treacherous leads to ruin.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.

  • Prov 19:8
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    8The one who acquires wisdom loves life, and the one who cherishes understanding will prosper.

  • Job 21:32
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    32He is carried to the graves, and a watch is kept over his tomb.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning, but it becomes known even among fools.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin, they will die for it; because of the sin they have committed, they will die.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 28:10-11
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    10Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    6A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge is easy for a discerning person.

    7Move away from a foolish person, for you will gain no knowledge from their speech.

    8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand their path, but the folly of fools is deceit.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

  • Eccl 7:4
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    4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19True righteousness leads to life, but whoever chases after evil brings about his own death.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16"Whoever is simple, let them turn in here! To those who lack understanding, she says:

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

  • Job 34:8
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    8He walks in company with evildoers and associates with the wicked.

  • Job 34:16
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    16If you have understanding, listen to this; pay attention to the sound of my words.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Blessed is the one who finds wisdom and the one who obtains understanding.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16The wise fear and turn away from evil, but fools are reckless and overconfident.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from me.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

    15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in his ways and rich.

  • Job 28:28
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    28And He said to mankind, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'

  • Prov 20:24
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    24A person's steps are directed by the Lord; how then can anyone understand their own way?

  • Prov 28:18
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    18Whoever walks in integrity will be saved, but one who is crooked in his ways will fall into ruin.