Proverbs 21:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

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  • Ps 49:14 : 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them away with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be upon Israel.
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead. 19 None who go to her return again, nor do they take hold of the paths of life.
  • Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For she has cast down many wounded; indeed, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 And those that have turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for Him.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 This is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
  • Eph 2:1 : 1 And you He has made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 If they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.
  • Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall 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 from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "The dog returns to his own vomit," and "the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to him who is destitute of wisdom, but a man of understanding walks uprightly.

  • Prov 5:23
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    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Prov 15:24
    76%

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

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

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

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

  • Prov 19:15-16
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    15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

    16He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he who despises his ways shall die.

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17He is in the way of life who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

  • Prov 15:10
    73%

    10Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • Prov 21:17
    73%

    17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 2:18-20
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    18For her house leads down to death, and her paths to the dead.

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

    20That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 13:20
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    20He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 12:28
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    28In the path of righteousness there is life, and in its way there is no death.

  • Prov 2:13
    73%

    13Who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness;

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He who walks uprightly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 1:32
    72%

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

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will take it to heart.

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

    17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; he who keeps his way preserves his soul.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    72%

    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

    15Good understanding gives favor, but the way of transgressors is hard.

  • Prov 16:22
    72%

    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Prov 19:8
    72%

    8He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good.

  • Job 21:32
    72%

    32Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Ezek 18:26
    72%

    26When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart frets against the LORD.

  • Prov 28:10-11
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    71%

    10Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the upright shall have good things in possession.

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    6A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

    7Leave the presence of a foolish man, when you do 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.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

  • 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 laughter.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him,

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

  • Job 34:8
    71%

    8Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men.

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 3:13
    71%

    13Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gains understanding.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16A wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    71%

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

    15Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28And to man he said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.'

  • Prov 20:24
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    24A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man understand his own way?

  • Prov 28:18
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    18Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.