Proverbs 5:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 4:21 : 21 Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!
  • Job 36:12 : 12 And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.
  • Prov 10:21 : 21 The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
  • Prov 14:14 : 14 From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man -- from his fruits.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death `is' the righteous.
  • 2 Pet 2:15-22 : 15 having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the `son' of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love, 16 and had a rebuke of his own iniquity -- a dumb ass, in man's voice having spoken, did forbid the madness of the prophet. 17 These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept; 18 for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error, 19 liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude, 20 for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first, 21 for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged `it', to turn back from the holy command delivered to them, 22 and happened to them hath that of the true similitude; `A dog did turn back upon his own vomit,' and, `A sow having bathed herself -- to rolling in mire.'
  • Ps 81:12 : 12 And I send them away in the enmity of their heart, They walk in their own counsels.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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    22His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.

  • Prov 15:10
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    10Chastisement `is' grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.

  • Prov 21:16
    76%

    16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17A traveller to life `is' he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

  • Prov 15:21
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    21Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth `his' going.

  • Prov 1:31-32
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    74%

    31And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

    32For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

  • Prov 19:2-3
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    2Also, without knowledge the soul `is' not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • Prov 15:5
    74%

    5A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

  • Prov 16:22
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    22A fountain of life `is' understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

  • Ezek 18:26
    73%

    26In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, And he is dying by them, for his perversity That he hath done he dieth.

  • Prov 14:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

    8The wisdom of the prudent `is' to understand his way, And the folly of fools `is' deceit.

  • Job 36:12
    72%

    12And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

    3And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He `is' a fool.'

  • Ezek 33:18
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    18In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.

  • Prov 9:6
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    6Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

  • Prov 19:16
    71%

    16Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end `are' ways of death.

  • Eccl 7:17
    71%

    17Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

  • Prov 29:1
    71%

    1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

  • Prov 17:25
    71%

    25A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Job 5:2
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    2For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

  • Prov 22:15
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    15Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

  • Job 18:7
    71%

    7Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

  • Prov 16:25
    71%

    25There is a way right before a man, And its latter end -- ways of death.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

  • Ezek 3:20
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    20`And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

  • Prov 12:15
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    15The way of a fool `is' right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel `is' wise.

  • Eccl 10:15
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    15The labour of the foolish wearieth him, In that he hath not known to go unto the city.

  • Prov 23:13
    71%

    13Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

  • Prov 15:32
    70%

    32Whoso is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoso is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.

  • Ps 49:10
    70%

    10For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

  • Prov 7:22-23
    2 verses
    70%

    22He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

    23Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.

  • Job 4:21
    70%

    21Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!

  • Ps 49:19
    70%

    19It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

  • Prov 11:5
    70%

    5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

  • Prov 15:24
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    24A path of life `is' on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.

  • Prov 26:5
    70%

    5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

  • Prov 14:18
    70%

    18The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned `with' knowledge.

  • Prov 19:27
    70%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

  • Ps 36:3
    70%

    3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

  • Prov 14:16
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    16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

  • Prov 18:2
    70%

    2A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.

  • Job 18:18
    69%

    18They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.