Proverbs 21:16
A man who wanders astray from the way of doctrine will linger in the company of the giants.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
In Context
15It is gladness for the just to do judgment; and it is dread for those who work iniquity.
17Whoever loves a feast will be in deprivation. Whoever loves wine and fatness will not be enriched.
Cross References
Psalms 49:14Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.
Proverbs 2:18and who has forgotten the covenant of her God. For her household inclines toward death, and her paths toward Hell.
Proverbs 7:26For she has tossed aside many wounded, and some of those who were very strong have been slain by her.
Proverbs 13:20Whoever keeps step with the wise shall be wise. A friend of the foolish will become like them.
Zephaniah 1:6both those who turn aside from following after the Lord, and those who have not sought the Lord, nor inquired about him.
Ephesians 2:1And you were once dead in your sins and offenses,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:16
15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. Note, 1. It is a pleasure and satisfaction to good men both to see justice administered by the government they live under, right taking place and iniquity suppressed, and also to practise it themselves, according as their sphere is. They not only do justice, but do it with pleasure, not only for fear of shame, but for love of virtue. 2. It is a terror to wicked men to see the laws put in execution against vice and… Read the whole commentary →