Proverbs 5:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.”
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“He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 5:23 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 4:21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
- Job 36:12But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
- Psalms 81:12So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
- Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
- Proverbs 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Proverbs 12:8A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.
- Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Proverbs 21:16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
- 2 Peter 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).