Proverbs 21:16
14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
- KJV
- The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
- WEB
- The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.
- ASV
- The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
- DARBY
- The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.
- BLB
- A man wandering from the way of understanding will come to rest in the assembly of Rephaim.
- ÅB
- Det menneske som forviller seg fra klokskaps vei, skal havne blant dødningene.
- OTB
- Den som forviller seg fra forståelsens sti, vil hvile i de dødes selskap.
- B1930
- Det menneske som forviller sig fra klokskaps vei, skal havne blandt dødningene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Read in contextPsalms 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Read in contextHebrews 10:26–27
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Read in contextZephaniah 1:6
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
Read in contextPsalms 49:14
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.
Read in context1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Read in contextJohn 3:19–20
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Read in contextJude 1:12
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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