Proverbs 21:16
The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
BSB
ASV
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
KJV
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
The man who strays from the way of doctrine, etc. He says that the giants are unclean spirits, about which the blessed Job says, "Behold, the giants groan beneath the waters, and those who dwell with them" (Job 26:5), that is, proud and malevolent strong …
The man once enlightened, that wandereth out of the way of understanding, in which he had walked, shall remain - have a permanent residence - in the congregation of the dead; רפאים rephaim, the lost; either separate spirits in general, or rather the assembly of separate spirits, which had fallen from primitive rectitude; and shall not be restored to the Divine favor; particularly those sinners who were destroyed by the deluge. This passage intimates that those called rephaim are in a state of conscious existence.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
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Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
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1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of…
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Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.