Proverbs 1:32
New International Version
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

New Living Translation
For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.

English Standard Version
For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Berean Standard Bible
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

King James Bible
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

New King James Version
For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

New American Standard Bible
“For the faithlessness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

NASB 1995
“For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

NASB 1977
“For the waywardness of the naive shall kill them, And the complacency of fools shall destroy them.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the turning away of the simple will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Amplified Bible
“For the turning away of the naive will kill them, And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them.

Christian Standard Bible
For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

American Standard Version
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this, the turning away of the children will kill them, and the error of feeble minds will destroy them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.

Contemporary English Version
Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The turning away of little ones shall kill them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

English Revised Version
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Gullible people kill themselves because of their turning away. Fools destroy themselves because of their indifference.

Good News Translation
Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern.

International Standard Version
Indeed, the waywardness of the na�ve will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, And the confidence of fools shall destroy them.

Literal Standard Version
For the turning of the simple slays them, | And the security of the foolish destroys them.

Majority Standard Bible
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

New American Bible
For the straying of the naive kills them, the smugness of fools destroys them.

NET Bible
For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

New Revised Standard Version
For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

New Heart English Bible
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

World English Bible
For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Young's Literal Translation
For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

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Context
Wisdom Calls Aloud
31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them. 33But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”…

Cross References
Proverbs 1:22
"How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

Proverbs 8:5
O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.

Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death."

Isaiah 66:4
So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight."

Jeremiah 2:19
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me," declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.


Treasury of Scripture

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

the turning

Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Hebrews 10:38,39
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him…

and the

Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Psalm 69:22
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

Psalm 92:6,7
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this…

prosperity

Jeremiah 48:11,12
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed…

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Backsliding Careless Cause Complacency Confidence Death Destroy Destroyeth Destroys Destruction Ease Foolish Fools Kill Killed Naive Peace Perish Prosperity Security Simple Slay Slayeth Teaching Thoughtless Turning Waywardness
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Proverbs 1
1. The use of the proverbs
7. An exhortation to fear God, and believe his word
10. to avoid the enticing of sinners
20. Wisdom complains of her contempt
24. She threatens her contemners














(32) The turning away of the simple . . .--i.e., from God. (Comp. Jeremiah 2:19.)

Prosperity of fools--i.e., the security, apathy of dull, stupid people (khesilim), who cannot believe that God will fulfil His threatenings. (Comp. Psalms 73 throughout.)

Verse 32. - Wisdom now brings her address to a close by contrasting the destruction and ruin of the foolish, and the security of those who listen to her voice. The turning away; מְשׁוּבָה (m'shuvah), from שׁוּב(shuv), "to turn about, or to return" (which is used metaphorically of conversion), here means defection, turning away; and hence apostasy (aversio Vulgate, Chaldee Paraphrase, Syriac; perversitio, Cast. Version); the "backsliding" of Jeremiah 8:5; Hosea 11:7. Abea Ezra understands it to signify "ease," as in the marginal reading; but there seems no warrant for taking the word in that sense. The LXX. renders the passage quite differently, Ἀνθ ῶν γὰρ ἠδίκουν νηπίους φονευθησονταί "For because they wronged the young, they shall be slain;" so also the Arabic. The turning away is from the warnings and invitations of Wisdom, and implies rebelliousness against God. The prosperity. The word in the original (שַׁלְוָה, shal'vah) is here used in a bad sense, and means "carelessness, indolence," that carnal security which is induced by prosperity and worldly success, as in Jeremiah 22:21, "I spoke to thee in thy prosperity (security), but thou saidst, I will not hear" (cf. Ezekiel 16:49, where it is translated "idleness." So Dathe translates, "Incuria ignavorum eos perdit." The Chaldee Paraphrase and Syriac Versions read "error." It occurs in a good sense as "tranquillity," "security," in Proverbs 17:1 and Psalm 122:7. The derivation of the word is from שָׁלָה (shalah). "to be tranquil, to be safe, secure." Marines remarks that it is more difficult to bear prosperity than adversity, because we endure adversity, we are corrupted by prosperity, and prosperity or ease makes fools mad. The false security of the prosperous is illustrated by our Lord in his parable of the rich fool (Luke 12:16-21). The LXX. differs again from the Hebrew in the second clause of this verse, καὶ ἐξετασμός ἀσεβεῖς ὀλεῖ; i.e. the carefully considered judgment of God concerning them shall destroy them. The LXX, is followed by the Arabia. Them; i.e. the fools themselves, and not other sinners, as Ben Ezra says, though the apparent security of fools, the impunity with which they seem to go on in their wickedness, and the success of their plans, may lead others to destruction.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the waywardness
מְשׁוּבַ֣ת (mə·šū·ḇaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4878: Turning back, apostasy

of the simple
פְּתָיִ֣ם (pə·ṯā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6612: Simple, perhaps open-minded

{will} slay them,
תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑ם (ta·har·ḡêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

and the complacency
וְשַׁלְוַ֖ת (wə·šal·waṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7962: Quietness, ease

of fools
כְּסִילִ֣ים (kə·sî·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

{will} destroy them.
תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃ (tə·’ab·bə·ḏêm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish


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