Proverbs 5:23

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

The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge.

The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.

By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!