Proverbs 1:32
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Revised Version 1895
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 be filled with their own devices.
33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneadingtrough.
Psalms 69:22Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
Proverbs 2:18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead:
Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Proverbs 14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
Jeremiah 48:11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remaineth in him, and his scent is 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 →