Proverbs 5:23
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.
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22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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16 ¶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
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31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
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2 ¶ Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.
3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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5 ¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
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22 ¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
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26 When 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.
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7 ¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
8 ¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
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12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
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18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
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6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
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16 ¶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.
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17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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1 ¶ He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
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25 ¶ A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
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15 ¶ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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25 ¶ There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
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21 ¶ He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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20 Again, 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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18 ¶ Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
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15 ¶ The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
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15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
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32 ¶ He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
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22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
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19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
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5 ¶ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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24 ¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
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5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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18 ¶ The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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27 ¶ Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.
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3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
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16 ¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
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2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.