Proverbs 1:32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Webster Bible
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 whoever hearkeneth to me shall dwell in safety, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Psalms 69:22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Proverbs 2:18For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.
Proverbs 9:18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
Proverbs 14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, 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 remained 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 →