KJV King James Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
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Proverbs 21:16
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
WEB World English Bible
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
ASV American Standard Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 21
13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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.
16 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.
19 [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
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Hebrews 10:38Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.Psalm 125:5As 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.Psalm 49:14Like 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.1 John 2:19They 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.Zephaniah 1:6And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him.Hebrews 10:26-27For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,John 3:19-20And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.Proverbs 7:26-27For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.Ephesians 2:1And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.Jude 1:12These 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;Hebrews 6:4-6For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,Proverbs 2:18-19For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.2 Peter 2:21-22For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
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