Proverbs 1:32
30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- KJV
- For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- WEB
- For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
- ASV
- For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
- DARBY
- For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.
- BLB
- For the turning away of the simple ones slays them, and the complacency of fools destroys them.
- ÅB
- For de uforstandiges selvrådighet dreper dem, og dårenes trygghet ødelegger dem;
- OTB
- For de enfoldiges villfarelse vil føre til deres fall, og dårenes selvtilfredshet vil føre til deres undergang;
- B1930
- For de uforstandiges selvrådighet dreper dem, og dårenes trygghet ødelegger dem;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
Read in contextJohn 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Read in contextJeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
Read in contextLuke 16:19–25
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
Read in contextHebrews 12:25
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
Read in contextHebrews 12:8
If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
Read in contextLuke 12:16–21
Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:11–12
Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
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