Proverbs 21:16

New English Translation

The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!

Psalm 49:14

They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.

Proverbs 11:19

True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

Proverbs 13:20

The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

Proverbs 19:16

The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

Proverbs 2:13

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

Proverbs 5:23

He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

Proverbs 9:18

But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Ezekiel 18:24

“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord’s help or guidance.”

Ephesians 2:1

And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,

Hebrews 10:38

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.

Jude 1:12

These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit – twice dead, uprooted;