Proverbs 5:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 4:21 : 21 Does not their excellence which is in them vanish away? They die, even without wisdom.
  • Job 36:12 : 12 But if they do not obey, 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 lack of wisdom.
  • Prov 14:14 : 14 The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from himself.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has hope in his death.
  • 2 Pet 2:15-22 : 15 They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity; the dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds carried by a tempest, to whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error. 19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 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."
  • Ps 81:12 : 12 So I gave them up to their own hearts' desires, and they walked in their own counsels.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    22His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10Correction is grievous to him who forsakes the way, and he who hates reproof shall die.

  • Prov 21:16
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    16The man who wanders 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 who keeps instruction, but he who refuses reproof errs.

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

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

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2Also, for the soul to be without knowledge is not good; and he who hurries with his feet sins.

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

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who regards reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    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 14:7-8
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    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.

  • Job 36:12
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    12But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3Yes, also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall die because of it.

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

  • 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.

  • Eccl 7:17
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    17Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?

  • Prov 29:1
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    1He who is often reproved and hardens 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 who bore him.

  • Job 5:2
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    2For anger kills the foolish man, and envy slays the simple 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 shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • 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 17:21
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    21He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Ezek 3:20
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    20Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

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    18Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

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    15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he does not know how to go to the city.

  • Prov 23:13
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    13Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

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    32He who refuses instruction despises his own soul, but he who hears reproof gains understanding.

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    10For he sees 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 goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

    23Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life.

  • Job 4:21
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    21Does not their excellence which is in them vanish 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 blameless 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.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

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

  • 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 causes 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 who guards his soul shall be far from them.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

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

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may express itself.

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