"The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead." — Proverbs 21:16

Proverbs 21:16 · KJV

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

— Proverbs 21:16

Verse 15

{It is} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.

Verse 17

He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}

Proverbs 21 — Context

A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

{It is} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.

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

He that loveth pleasure {shall be} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. {pleasure: or, sport}

The wicked {shall be} a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Cross References

Hebrews 10:38

Now the just shall live by faith: but if {any man} draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

Psalms 125:5

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.

Zephaniah 1:6

And them that are turned back from the LORD; and {those} that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

Hebrews 10:26-27

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Psalms 49:14

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. {beauty: or, strength} {in the grave from...: or, the grave being an habitation to every one of them}

1 John 2:19

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.

John 3:19-20

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

Ephesians 2:1

And you {hath he quickened}, who were dead in trespasses and sins;