Proverbs 1:32

For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.

Brenton Septuagint

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 shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

33But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in + 1:33 Gr. hope. See Ps. 16.confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:17Cursed shall be thy barns and thy stores.

Proverbs 2:18For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the + 2:18 See Heb.giants.

Proverbs 9:18d that thou mayest live long, and years of life may be added to thee.

Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.

Jeremiah 48:11And Joanan the son of Careë, and all the leaders of the host that were with him, heard of all the evil deeds which Ismael had done.

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 →

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