Proverbs 5:23

King James Version 1611 (Original)

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:21 : 21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
  • Job 36:12 : 12 But if they obey 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 fools die for want of wisdom.
  • 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 driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
  • 2 Pet 2:15-22 : 15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
  • Ps 81:12 : 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10Correction is grievous unto 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 remain in the congregation of the dead.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 1:31-32
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    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

    32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

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

    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

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

  • Prov 14:7-8
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    7Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not 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
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    12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom 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 thereby.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth 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 over much 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 wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Foolishness is bound 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 that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

  • Prov 17:21
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    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 righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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    18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

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

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because 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 beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

  • Prov 15:32
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    32He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

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    10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person 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 a fool to the correction of the stocks;

    23Till a dart 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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    21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

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

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    8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

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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 the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

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    5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep 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 left off to be wise, and to do good.

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  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

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