New English Translation
Proverbs 1:32
32For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 1:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- New International Version (NIV)For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
Context of Proverbs 1:32
30they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke. 31Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel. For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them. 33But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.
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כִּ֤י מְשׁוּבַ֣ת פְּתָיִ֣ם תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑ם וְשַׁלְוַ֖ת כְּסִילִ֣ים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 1:32
- Proverbs 8:36But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death.”
- John 3:36The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.
- Hebrews 10:38But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
- Hebrews 12:25Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.
- Psalms 69:22May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!
- Psalms 92:6The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this.
- Luke 12:16He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
- Luke 16:19“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
- Hebrews 12:8But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.
- James 5:5You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
- Jeremiah 48:11“From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged.
Commentaries on Proverbs 1:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32For the turning away of the simple - This difficult place seems to refer to such a case as we term turning king's evidence; where an accomplice saves his own life by impeaching the rest of his gang. This is called his turning or repentance, משובה meshubah ; and he was the most likely to turn, because he was of the פתים pethayim, seduced or deceived persons. And this evidence was given against them when they were in their prosperity, שלוה shalvah, their…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32Turning - Wisdom had called the simple to “turn,” and they had turned, but it was “away” from her. For “prosperity” read carelessness. Not outward prosperity, but the temper which it too often produces, the easy-going indifference to higher truths, is that which destroys.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-33Verses 20-33 Solomon, having showed how dangerous it is to hearken to the temptations of Satan, here declares how dangerous it is not to hearken to the calls of God. Christ himself is Wisdom, is Wisdoms. Three sorts of persons are here called by Him: 1. Simple ones. Sinners are fond of their simple notions of good and evil, their simple prejudices against the ways of God, and flatter themselves in their wickedness. 2. Scorners. Proud, jovial people, that…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-33The author describes wisdom as a woman. In Hebrew, the word for wisdom, khokmah, is grammatically feminine. The author encourages his son to embrace wisdom (see Proverbs 3:18; 8:1–9:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3320-33. Some interpreters regard this address as the language of the Son of God under the name of Wisdom (compare Lu 11:49). Others think that wisdom, as the divine attribute specially employed in acts of counsel and admonition, is here personified, and represents God. In either case the address is a most solemn and divine admonition, whose matter and spirit are eminently evangelical and impressive (see on Pr 8:1). Wisdom--literally, "Wisdoms," the plural…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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