Proverbs 21:16
אָדָם תּוֹעֶה מִדֶּרֶךְ הַשְׂכֵּל בִּקְהַל רְפָאִים יָנֽוּחַ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
15שִׂמְחָה לַצַּדִּיק עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וּמְחִתָּה לְפֹעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן ׃
17אִישׁ מַחְסוֹר אֹהֵב שִׂמְחָה אֹהֵב יַֽיִן ־ וָשֶׁמֶן לֹא יַעֲשִֽׁיר ׃
Cross References
Psalms 49:14זֶה דַרְכָּם כֵּסֶל לָמוֹ וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם ׀ בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ סֶֽלָה ׃
Proverbs 2:18כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל ־ מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ וְאֶל ־ רְפָאִים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ ׃
Proverbs 7:26כִּֽי ־ רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה וַעֲצֻמִים כָּל ־ הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ ׃
Proverbs 13:20הלוך אֶת ־ חֲכָמִים וחכם וְרֹעֶה כְסִילִים יֵרֽוֹעַ ׃
Zephaniah 1:6וְאֶת ־ הַנְּסוֹגִים מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה וַאֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ בִקְשׁוּ אֶת ־ יְהוָה וְלֹא דְרָשֻֽׁהוּ ׃
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 →