Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 1:32
32For the backsliding of the naïve will kill them and the complacency 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 would not accept my counsel, they spurned all my reproof, 31so they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes. For the backsliding of the naïve will kill them and the complacency of fools will destroy them. 33But whoever pays attention to me will live securely, and be free from the fear of evil.”
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כִּ֤י מְשׁוּבַ֣ת פְּתָיִ֣ם תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑ם וְשַׁלְוַ֖ת כְּסִילִ֣ים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 1:32
- Proverbs 8:36But whoever fails to find me harms his life— all who hate me love death.”
- John 3:36He who trusts in the Son has eternal life. He who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
- Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one shall live by emunah; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him.”
- Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse the One who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the One who was warning them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject the One who warns us from heaven.
- Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— you got fat, you grew thick, you gorged! He forsook God who made him. He mocked the Rock of his salvation.
- Psalms 69:22They put gall in my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- Psalms 92:6How great are Your works, Adonai! How profound are Your thoughts!
- Luke 12:16And Yeshua told them a parable, saying, “The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.
- Luke 16:19“Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, living it up in luxury every day.
- Hebrews 12:8But if you are without discipline—something all have come to share—then you are illegitimate and not sons.
- James 5:5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.
- Jeremiah 48:11Moab has been at ease since his youth. He has settled like wine on its dregs. He has not been emptied from jar to jar, nor gone into exile. Therefore he retains his flavor, and his aroma has not changed.
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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