Proverbs 5:23 Cross References - NSB

²³ He dies without instruction. He goes astray because of his foolishness.

²¹ »Have the ropes of their tent been loosened? Will they die without wisdom?«

¹² »However if they do not obey, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

¹² »Therefore I gave them over to their stubborn hearts. They walked in their own counsel.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many. Fools die for lack of understanding.

¹⁴ The faithless in heart will be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above.

³² The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.

¹⁵ They went astray, forsaking the right way. They followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing. ¹⁶ He was rebuked for his own transgression. A beast of burden spoke with a man's voice and restrained (hindered) the madness of the prophet. ¹⁷ These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved. ¹⁸ For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error. ¹⁹ They promise them freedom, while they are bondservants of corruption. A man is brought into bondage by one and enslaved by another. ²⁰ After they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state is worse with them than the first. ²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² It happened to them according to the true proverb: »The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.«