Proverbs 5:23

New King James Version

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 do not obey, They shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

Does not their own excellence go away? They die, even without wisdom.’

The wicked is banished in his wickedness, But the righteous has a refuge in his death.

The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom.

The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied from above.

So I gave them over to their own stubborn heart, To walk in their own counsels.

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

He has brought on them their own iniquity, And shall cut them off in their own wickedness; The Lord our God shall cut them off.

A man will be commended according to his wisdom, But he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.