Proverbs 1:32
For the defection of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will cause them to be lost.
Leeser Tanakh
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
33But he that hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from the dread of evil.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
Psalms 69:22(69:23) May [then] their table become a snare before them: and to those that are at peace, a trap.
Proverbs 2:18For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed [lead] her tracks.
Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the departed are there; that in the depths of the nether world are her guests.
Proverbs 14:16A wise man is fearful, and departeth from evil; but the fool exciteth himself, and is confident.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab was ever at ease from his youth, and he was resting on his lees, and was not emptied from vessel to vessel, and had not gone into exile: therefore had his taste remained in him, and his scent was not changed.
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 →