Proverbs 1:32
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Berean Standard Bible
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
31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:17Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.
Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
Proverbs 2:18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
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 →