Proverbs 5:23

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

The lips of the righteous feed many; But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

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