Proverbs 21:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you stop using good sense, you will find yourself in the grave.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

When the LORD punishes the wicked, he will punish everyone else who lives a crooked life. Pray for peace in Israel!

Psalm 49:14

They are like sheep with death as their shepherd, leading them to the grave. In the morning God's people will walk all over them, as their bodies lie rotting in their home, the grave.

Proverbs 11:19

Always do the right thing, and you will live; keep on doing wrong, and you will die.

Proverbs 13:20

Wise friends make you wise, but you hurt yourself by going around with fools.

Proverbs 19:16

Obey the Lord's teachings and you will live— disobey and you will die.

Proverbs 2:13

who turned from doing good to live in the darkness.

Proverbs 5:23

They get lost and die because of their foolishness and lack of self-control.

Proverbs 9:18

None who listen to Stupidity understand that her guests are as good as dead.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when good people start sinning and doing disgusting things, will they live? No! All their good deeds will be forgotten, and they will be put to death because of their sins.

Zephaniah 1:6

Nothing will remain of anyone who has turned away and rejected me.

Ephesians 2:1

In the past you were dead because you sinned and fought against God.

Hebrews 10:38

The people God accepts will live because of their faith. But he isn't pleased with anyone who turns back.”

1 John 2:19

These people came from our own group, yet they were not part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, which proves that they did not belong to our group.

Jude 1:12

These people are filthy minded, and by their shameful and selfish actions they spoil the meals you eat together. They are like clouds blown along by the wind, but never bringing any rain. They are like leafless trees, uprooted and dead, and unable to produce fruit.