Proverbs 1:32
For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them,—and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:17Cursed, shall be thy basket, and thy kneading-trough:
Psalms 69:22Let their table, before them, become a snare, And unto their friends, a lure;
Proverbs 2:18For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not, that the shades are there; In the depths of hades, are her guests.
Proverbs 14:16A wise man, feareth, and avoideth evil, but, a dullard, is haughty and confident.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab, hath been at ease from his youth, And settled is he upon his lees, And hath not been poured out from vessel to vessel, Nor into captivity, hath gone,—For this cause, hath his flavour stood still within him, And his scent is unchanged.
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 →