Proverbs 21:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the congregation of the dead.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ A man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall abide in the congregation of the spirits (of the dead).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ People who wander from the path of insight will rest in the company of the dead.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ A man who wanders astray from the way of doctrine will linger in the company of the giants.

Proverbs 21:16 Cross References

Hebrews 10:38

But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

Psalm 125:5

But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, The LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.

Psalm 49:14

They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd: And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for it.

Jude 1:12

These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest how that they all are not of us.

Ephesians 2:1

And you did he quicken, when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,

Zephaniah 1:6

and them that are turned back from following the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired after him.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise: But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

Proverbs 9:18

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 2:13

Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 11:19

He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life: And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 19:16

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul: But he that is careless of his ways shall die.