Proverbs 5:23 - The Scriptures 1998

²³ He dies for lack of discipline, And in the greatness of his folly He goes astray.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ He shall die without instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Common English Bible

²³ Those without instruction will die, misled by their own stupidity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ He shall die, for he has not held to discipline. And by the multitude of his foolishness, he shall be deceived.

Proverbs 5:23 Cross References

Job 36:12

But if they do not obey, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.

Job 4:21

‘Are not the cords of their tents pulled up? They die, without wisdom!’

Psalm 81:12

“So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.

Psalm 94:23

And brings back on them their own wickedness, And cuts them off in their own wrongdoing; יהוה  our Elohim does cut them off.

Proverbs 1:31

“Therefore let them eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own counsels.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous shepherd many, But fools die for lack of heart.

Proverbs 12:8

A man is praised according to his wisdom, But the perverted of heart becomes despised.

Proverbs 14:14

The backslider in heart is satisfied with his own ways, But a good man is satisfied from his.

Proverbs 14:32

By his own evildoing the wrong is thrust down, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.

Proverbs 21:16

A man who strays from the way of understanding, Rests in the assembly of the dead.