Bible verse
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 1:32 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 1.
28 Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
29 For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
30 They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
31 So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
KJV
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
ASV
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
ERV
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
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