Proverbs 1:32 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 1:29-33 MSG (The Message)
“Because you hated Knowledge and had nothing to do with the Fear-of-GOD, Because you wouldn’t take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you, Well, you’ve made your bed—now lie in it; you wanted your own way—now, how do you like it? Don’t you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots? Carelessness kills; complacency is murder. First pay attention to me, and then relax. Now you can take it easy—you’re in good hands.”
Proverbs 1:32 KJV (King James Version)
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 1:32 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 1:32 NCV (New Century Version)
Fools will die because they refuse to listen; they will be destroyed because they do not care.
Proverbs 1:32 ASV (American Standard Version)
For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 1:32 NIV (New International Version)
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them
Proverbs 1:32 NKJV (New King James Version)
For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them
Proverbs 1:32 AMP (Amplified Bible)
“For the turning away of the naive will kill them, And the careless ease of [self-righteous] fools will destroy them. [Is 32:6]
Proverbs 1:32 NLT (New Living Translation)
For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.
Proverbs 1:32 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Like an idiot you’ve turned away from me and chosen destruction instead. Your self-satisfied smugness will kill you.
Proverbs 1:32 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them