Proverbs 1:32 “For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency…”

Proverbs 1:32

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

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Cross references

“the turning”

Proverbs 8:36 John 3:36 Hebrews 12:25 Hebrews 10:38 Hebrews 10:39

Proverbs 8:36 · BSB

But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

John 3:36 · BSB

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

Hebrews 12:25 · BSB

See 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 10:38 · BSB

But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

Hebrews 10:39 · BSB

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

“and the”

Luke 16:19–25 Deuteronomy 32:15–44 Psalm 69:22 Luke 12:16–21 Hebrews 12:8 James 5:5

Luke 16:19–25 · BSB

Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

Deuteronomy 32:15–44 · BSB

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Psalm 69:22 · BSB

May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.

Luke 12:16–21 · BSB

Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

Hebrews 12:8 · BSB

If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

James 5:5 · BSB

You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

“prosperity”

Jeremiah 48:11 Jeremiah 48:12

Jeremiah 48:11 · BSB

Moab 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.

Jeremiah 48:12 · BSB

Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

Also

Jeremiah 2:19

Jeremiah 2:19 · BSB

Your 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

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