Proverbs 1:32

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.turning…: or, ease of the simple

WEB

For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

ASV

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

LSV

For the turning of the simple slays them, || And the security of the foolish destroys them.

YLT

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

DBY

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of the foolish shall cause them to perish.

DRC

The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

GNV

For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

JPS

For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.

LXXE

For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֤י מְשׁוּבַ֣ת פְּתָיִ֣ם תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑ם וְשַׁלְוַ֖ת כְּסִילִ֣ים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ἀνθʼ ὧν γὰρ ἠδίκουν νηπίους, φονευθήσονται, καὶ ἐξετασμὸς ἀσεβεῖς ὀλεῖ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
• 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.”
• 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.
• Luke 16:19–25Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the…
• 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?
• Hebrews 12:8If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
• Deuteronomy 32:15–44But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation. They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with…
• Jeremiah 48:11–12Moab 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. Therefore behold, the…
• Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.
• Luke 12:16–21Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will…
• James 5:5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
• Hebrews 10:38–39But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.” But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
• Psalms 92:6–7A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand, that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

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