Proverbs 5:23
Proverbs chapter 5 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Context
v.22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
v.23This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 14:14
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good manshall be satisfiedfrom himself.
- Job 4:21
Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.
- Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
- Job 36:12
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.
- Psalms 81:12
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
- 2 Peter 2:15
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing;