Verse 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 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.