Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 1:32
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Original language (Hebrew)

כִּ֤י מְשׁוּבַ֣ת פְּתָיִ֣ם תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑ם וְשַׁלְוַ֖ת כְּסִילִ֣ים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃

  1. כִּ֤יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  2. מְשׁוּבַ֣תme.shu.Vat“[the] waywardness of”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from מְשׁוּבָה · “faithlessness” · Strong's H4878
  3. פְּתָיִ֣םpe.ta.Yim“naive people”
    Noun, masculine, plural, absolute · from פֶּ֫תִי · “simple” · Strong's H6612A
  4. תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑םta.har.Gem“it will ruin them”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from הָרַג · “to kill” · Strong's H2026
  5. וְשַׁלְוַ֖תve.shal.Vat“and [the] ease of”
    Conjunction + Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from שַׁלְוָה · “ease” · Strong's H7962
  6. כְּסִילִ֣יםke.si.Lim“fools”
    Adjective, masculine, plural, absolute · from כְּסִיל · “fool” · Strong's H3684
  7. תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃te.'a.be.Dem“it will destroy them”
    Verb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from אָבַד · “to perish” · Strong's H0006
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)