Proverbs 1:32 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

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For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the careless ease of [self-confident] fools shall destroy them. [Isa. 32:6.]

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

The immature will die because they turn away; smugness will destroy fools.

The loathing of the little ones shall destroy them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall perish them.

The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;