KJV King James Version
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
WEB World English Bible
Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
ASV American Standard Version
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 1
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
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Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.Galatians 6:7-8Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.Isaiah 3:10-11Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that [it is] an evil [thing] and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear [is] not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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