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 the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them, do they not die, and that without wisdom?'

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

The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.

Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,

but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.