Proverbs 5:23
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He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
In other translations
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 36:12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
- Job 4:21Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
- 2 Peter 2:15-2215 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.15 They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. 16 But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. 17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. 18 With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Psalm 81:12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
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