Proverbs 1:32

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“For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.”

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BSBPD

“For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 1:32 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 28:17Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
  3. Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
  4. Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
  5. Proverbs 2:18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
  6. Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
  7. Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
  8. Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
  9. Proverbs 14:16A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
  10. Jeremiah 2:19Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  11. Jeremiah 48:11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
  12. Amos 6:1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
  13. Luke 12:16Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
  14. Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
  15. John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
  16. Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
  17. Hebrews 12:8If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
  18. Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
  19. James 5:5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

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