Proverbs 1:32
For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.
Young's Literal Translation
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
31And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.
33And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And [is] quiet from fear of evil!'
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:17'Cursed [is] thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
Psalms 69:22Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence — for a trap.
Proverbs 2:18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
Proverbs 9:18And he hath not known that Rephaim [are] there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!
Proverbs 14:16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
Jeremiah 48:11Secure is Moab from his youth, And at rest [is] he for his preserved things, And he hath not been emptied out from vessel unto vessel, And into captivity he hath not gone, Therefore hath his taste remained in him, And his fragrance hath not been 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 →