Proverbs 21:16
The man that strayeth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the shades.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
15To do justly is joy to the righteous, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.
17He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Cross References
Psalms 49:14(49-15) Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it.
Proverbs 2:18For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
Proverbs 7:26For she hath cast down many wounded; yea, a mighty host are all her slain.
Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Zephaniah 1:6Them also that are turned back from following the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired after Him.
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 →