Proverbs 5:23

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He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

But if they do not hearken, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and a good man from his own fruits.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.

having forsaked a straight path, they were led astray, men who followed the way of Balaam, son of Beor, who loved the wage of unrighteousness.

and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.