Proverbs 21:16

New International Reader's Version

Whoever leaves the path of understanding ends up with those who are dead.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

But the Lord will drive out those who have taken crooked paths. He will drive them out with those who do evil things. May Israel enjoy peace.

Psalm 49:14

They are like sheep and will end up in the grave. Death will be their shepherd. But when honest people come to power, a new day will dawn. The bodies of sinners will waste away in the grave. They will end up far away from their princely houses.

Proverbs 11:19

Surely right living leads to life. But whoever runs after evil finds death.

Proverbs 13:20

Walk with wise people and become wise. A companion of foolish people suffers harm.

Proverbs 19:16

Those who keep commandments keep their lives. But those who don’t care how they live will die.

Proverbs 2:13

Men like that have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways.

Proverbs 5:23

They will die because they refused to be corrected. Their sins will capture them because they were very foolish.

Proverbs 9:18

But they don’t know that dead people are there. They don’t know that her guests are deep in the place of the dead.

Ezekiel 18:24

“Suppose a godly person stops doing what is right. And they sin. They do the same evil things a sinful person does. They do things I hate. Then they will not live. I will not remember any of the right things they have done. They have not been faithful to me. They have also committed many other sins. So they are guilty. They will die.

Zephaniah 1:6

I will destroy those who stop following the Lord. They no longer look to him or ask him for advice.

Ephesians 2:1

You were living in your sins and lawless ways. But in fact you were dead.

Hebrews 10:38

And, “The one who is right with God will live by faith. And I am not pleased with the one who pulls back.” (Habakkuk 2:3,4)

1 John 2:19

These enemies left our community of believers. They didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But by leaving they showed that none of them belonged to us.

Jude 1:12

These ungodly people are like stains at the meals you share. They have no shame. They are shepherds who feed only themselves. They are like clouds without rain. They are blown along by the wind. They are like trees in the fall. Since they have no fruit, they are pulled out of the ground. So they die twice.