Proverbs 1:32
Those who turn away from me are stupid/foolish; they will die because of doing that.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:17He will curse you by not allowing you to have good harvests with plenty of grain [MTY] to make bread.
Psalms 69:22I hope/desire that the feasts [MTY] that they enjoy will ◄become a snare for/bring trouble to► them, and that those whom they invite to the sacrificial feasts will also be trapped.
Proverbs 2:18If you go into houses of women who are like that, you will die when you are still young; the road to their houses leads to hell.
Proverbs 9:18But men who go to those women’s houses do not know that those who have gone there are now dead; they have descended down into the deepest parts of the place where dead people are.
Proverbs 14:16Wise people are careful and avoid doing things that will give them trouble; foolish people are careless and act ◄too quickly/without thinking►.
Jeremiah 48:11The people of Moab have always felt secure; they have never been ◄exiled/forced by their enemies to go to other countries►. They are like [MET] wine that has been left undisturbed in a container for many days to give it good flavor, so now it smells good, and it tastes good.
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 →