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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
g that wandereth
ta`ah (Hebrew #8582)
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
Pronounce: taw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
out of the way
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of understanding
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
shall remain
nuwach (Hebrew #5117)
to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.)
KJV usage: cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare 3241.
Pronounce: noo'-akh
Origin: a primitive root
in the congregation
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
of the dead
rapha' (Hebrew #7496)
properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)
KJV usage: dead, deceased.
Pronounce: raw-faw'
Origin: from 7495 in the sense of 7503
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved. (Prov. 13:20)

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wandereth.
Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved. (Prov. 13:20)
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Psa. 125:5• 5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! (Psa. 125:5)
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Zeph. 1:6• 6and them that turn back from after Jehovah, and that do not seek Jehovah, nor inquire for him. (Zeph. 1:6)
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John 3:19‑20• 19And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.
 20For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are; (John 3:19‑20)
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Heb. 6:4‑6• 4For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those once enlightened, and who have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
 5and have tasted the good word of God, and the works of power of the age to come,
 6and have fallen away, crucifying for themselves as they do the Son of God, and making a show of him. (Heb. 6:4‑6)
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Heb. 10:26‑27,38• 26For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins,
 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.
 38But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him. (Heb. 10:26‑27,38)
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2 Peter 2:21‑22• 21For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
 22But that word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog has turned back to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to her rolling in mud. (2 Peter 2:21‑22)
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1 John 2:19• 19They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us. (1 John 2:19)
remain.
Prov. 2:18‑19• 18--for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead;
 19none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life: (Prov. 2:18‑19)
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Prov. 7:26‑27• 26for she hath cast down many wounded, and all slain by her were strong.
 27Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death. (Prov. 7:26‑27)
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Prov. 9:18• 18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; that her guests are in the depths of Sheol. (Prov. 9:18)
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Eph. 2:1• 1and *you*, being dead in your offences and sins-- (Eph. 2:1)
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Jude 12• 12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by the winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; (Jude 12)
• He who wanders away from the paths of sound wisdom will remain in the congregation of the dead. “She that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth” (1 Tim. 5:6). That which is really life is only enjoyed by the upright who set the Lord always before them. Contrast Judas (Acts 1:18). (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The man that wandereth out of the way of wisdomc shall abide in the congregation of the deadd.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Sachal. see ch. 1.3.
d
Or "shades"; cf. ch. 2.18.