Proverbs 21:16
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Berean Standard Bible
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
15Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.
Cross References
Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Proverbs 2:18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
Proverbs 7:26For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
Proverbs 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
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 →