Proverbs 1:32
The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
In Context
31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and shall be filled with their own devices.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:17Cursed shall be thy barn, and cursed thy stores.
Proverbs 2:18And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.
Proverbs 9:18And he did not know that giants are there, and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 14:16A wise man feareth, and declineth from evil: the fool leapeth over, and is confident.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab hath been fruitful from his youth, and hath rested upon his lees: and hath not been poured out from vessel to vessel, nor hath gone into captivity: therefore his taste hath remained in him, and his scent is not changed. Moab hath been fruitful... That is, rich and flourishing. And hath rested upon his lees... That is, remained in its bad morals; as wine not decanted has its lees mixed and remains muddy.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 1:21-33
Wisdom's Exhortations; Doom of Obdurate Sinners. 20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have… Read the whole commentary →