Proverbs 21:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 49:14 : 14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
  • Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her. 27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
  • Prov 9:18 : 18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
  • Prov 13:20 : 20 ¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • Zeph 1:6 : 6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 ‹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.› 20 ‹For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.›
  • Eph 2:1 : 1 ¶ And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;
  • Heb 6:4-6 : 4 For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
  • Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Pet 2:21-22 : 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are] without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 15:21
    76%

    21¶ Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

  • Prov 5:23
    76%

    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  • Prov 15:24
    76%

    24¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 14:12
    76%

    12¶ There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

  • Prov 16:25
    75%

    25¶ There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

  • Prov 9:6
    75%

    6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 19:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

    16¶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.

  • Prov 10:17
    74%

    17¶ He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

  • Prov 15:10
    73%

    10¶ Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Prov 21:17
    73%

    17¶ He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Prov 2:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

    19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 13:20
    73%

    20¶ He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Prov 12:28
    73%

    28¶ In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.

  • Prov 2:13
    73%

    13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

  • Prov 10:9
    73%

    9¶ He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • Prov 1:32
    72%

    32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

  • Eccl 7:2
    72%

    2[It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.

  • Prov 16:17
    72%

    17¶ The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Prov 13:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14¶ The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

    15¶ Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.

  • Prov 16:22
    72%

    22¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

  • Prov 19:8
    72%

    8¶ He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • Job 21:32
    72%

    32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

  • Prov 14:33
    72%

    33¶ Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.

  • Ezek 18:26
    72%

    26When a righteous [man] turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • Prov 28:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10¶ Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.

    11¶ The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

  • Prov 14:6-8
    3 verses
    71%

    6¶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.

    7¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

    8¶ The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

  • Prov 9:18
    71%

    18But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

  • Eccl 7:4
    71%

    4The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.

  • Prov 11:19
    71%

    19¶ As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

  • Prov 9:16
    71%

    16Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

  • Prov 4:19
    71%

    19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

  • Job 34:8
    71%

    8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

  • Job 34:16
    71%

    16¶ If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

  • Prov 3:13
    71%

    13¶ Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

  • Prov 14:16
    71%

    16¶ A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

  • Hos 14:9
    71%

    9Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].

    15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

  • Job 28:28
    70%

    28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

  • Prov 20:24
    70%

    24¶ Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

  • Prov 28:18
    70%

    18¶ Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.