the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Proverbs 21:16
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The person who strays from the way of prudencewill come to rest in the assembly of the departed spirits.
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.
A person who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Whoever does not use good sense will end up among the dead.
A man who wanders from the way of understanding (godly wisdom) Will remain in the assembly of the dead.
The man who wanders out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
A man that wandreth out of the way of wisdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.
A man who wanders from the way of insightWill rest in the assembly of the dead.
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
If you stop using good sense, you will find yourself in the grave.
The person who strays from the way of common sense will come to rest in the company of the dead.
The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.
Whoever leaves the path of wisdom will be on their way to an early death.
The man who wanders from the way of understanding shall lie in the congregation of the dead.
Death is waiting for anyone who wanders away from good sense.
Whoever wanders from the way of understanding, in the assembly of the dead he will rest.
The man who wanders out of the way of prudence shall rest in the congregation of departed spirits.
The man that wandreth out of the waye of wy?dome, shal remayne in the cogregacion of ye deed.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
The man that strayeth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the shades.
The man that wandreth out of the way of vnderstanding, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.
The man that wandereth out of the way of wysdome, shall remaine in the congregation of the dead.
A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall rest in the congregation of the dead.
A man that errith fro the weie of doctryn, schal dwelle in the cumpany of giauntis.
[The] man that wanders out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed.
A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.
The person who strays from common sense will end up in the company of the dead.
A man who goes away from the way of understanding will rest in the gathering of the dead.
Whoever wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
The man who wandereth from the way of discretion, in the gathered host of the shades, shall settle down.
A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.
A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.
Whoever wanders off the straight and narrow ends up in a congregation of ghosts.
A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wandereth: Proverbs 13:20, Psalms 125:5, Zephaniah 1:6, John 3:19, John 3:20, Hebrews 6:4-6, Hebrews 10:26, Hebrews 10:27, Hebrews 10:38, 2 Peter 2:21, 2 Peter 2:22, 1 John 2:19
remain: Proverbs 2:18, Proverbs 2:19, Proverbs 7:26, Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 9:18, Ephesians 2:1, Jude 1:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:19 - and Psalms 119:10 - O let me Proverbs 2:13 - leave Proverbs 27:8 - man Ezekiel 18:24 - in his 1 John 3:14 - that loveth
Cross-References
And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.
And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.
For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
Now on hearing these words which the angel of the Lord said to all the children of Israel, the people gave themselves up to loud crying and weeping.
May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.
Now when David had said these words to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, David, my son? And Saul was overcome with weeping.
Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.
Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.
For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?
Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding,.... The way of getting understanding, the good ways and word of God; that wanders from the house of God, the assembly of the saints, where the Gospel is preached, and the ordinances are administered; that, instead of attending on them, where he might gain the understanding of divine and spiritual things, wanders about in the fields, gets into bad company, walks with them in their ways, and turns to his own, as a sheep that goes astray: he
shall remain in the congregation of the dead; among those that are spiritually dead, dead in trespasses and sins; such an one he himself is, and such he is like to continue, and not be written among the living in Jerusalem; or among those who die the second and eternal death, among the damned in hell; so Jarchi interprets it of the congregation of hell; and a large congregation that will be, but dreadful to have an abode with them. The words are rendered by the Septuagint, and the versions that follow that, "shall rest in the congregation of the giants"; which some interpret of devils, and others of the giants of the old world b, damned spirits: resting with them does not design peace and quietness, for there will be none there; but a fixed settled abode, in opposition to wandering, in the preceding clause.
b See Mede's Discourse 7. p. 32.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
congregation of the dead - The Rephaim (compare the Proverbs 2:18 note).
Remain - i. e., “He shall find a resting place, but it shall be in Hades.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 21:16. The man once enlightened, that wandereth out of the way of understanding, in which he had walked, shall remain - have a permanent residence - in the congregation of the dead; רפאים rephaim, the lost; either separate spirits in general, or rather the assembly of separate spirits, which had fallen from primitive rectitude; and shall not be restored to the Divine favour; particularly those sinners who were destroyed by the deluge. This passage intimates that those called rephaim are in a state of conscious existence. It is difficult to assign the true meaning of the word in several places where it occurs: but it seems to mean the state of separate spirits, i.e., of those separated from their bodies, and awaiting the judgment of the great day: but the congregation may also include the fallen angels. My old MS. Bible translates, The man that errith fro the wei of doctrine, in the felowschip of geantis schal wonnen.
