Proverbs 1:32
For the turning of the simple slays them, || And the security of the foolish destroys them.
Literal Standard Version
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
31And they eat of the fruit of their way, || And they are filled from their own counsels.
33And whoever is listening to me dwells confidently, || And [is] quiet from fear of evil!”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:17Cursed [is] your basket and your kneading-trough.
Psalms 69:22Their table before them is for a snare, || And for a repayment—for a trap.
Proverbs 2:18For her house has inclined to death, || And her paths to Rephaim.
Proverbs 9:18And he has not known that Rephaim [are] there, || Her invited ones in deep places of Sheol!
Proverbs 14:16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, || And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab is secure from his youth, || And he [is] at rest for his preserved things, || And he has not been emptied out from vessel to vessel, || And he has not gone into captivity, || Therefore his taste has remained in him, || And his fragrance has not been 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 →