King James Version
Proverbs 21:16 in the King James Version says “The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”
Proverbs 21:16 · KJV
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. pleasure: or, sport
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“that wandereth”
H8582to vacillate, i.e., reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
“out of the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“of understanding”
H7919to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
“of the dead”
H7496properly, lax, i.e., (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)
“shall remain”
H5117to rest, i.e., settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, l
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