Proverbs 5:23

New American Bible - revised edition

They will die from lack of discipline, lost because of their great folly.

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But if they do not listen, they pass to the grave, they perish for lack of knowledge.

The pegs of their tent are plucked up; they die without knowing wisdom.”

But my people did not listen to my words; Israel would not submit to me.

Who will turn back their evil upon them and destroy them for their wickedness. Surely the Lord our God will destroy them!

Well, then, they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and with their own devices be glutted.

The lips of the just nourish many, but fools die for want of sense.

For their good sense people are praised, but the perverse of heart are despised.

From their own ways turncoats are sated, from their own actions, the loyal.

The wicked are overthrown by their wickedness, but the just find a refuge in their integrity.

Whoever strays from the way of good sense will abide in the assembly of the shades.