Proverbs

Proverbs 1:31–32

³¹So they will eat the fruit of their own way,

and be filled with their own devices.

³²For the waywardness of the simple will slay them,

and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So they	וְֽ֭יֹאכְלוּ	wə·yō·ḵə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H398 eat
the fruit	מִפְּרִ֣י	mip·pə·rî	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6529 fruit
of their own way	דַרְכָּ֑ם	ḏar·kām	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
and be filled	יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃	yiś·bā·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7646 be sated, satisfied, surfeited
with their own devices	וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם	ū·mim·mō·‘ă·ṣō·ṯê·hem	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H4156 counsel, plan, principle, device

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּ֤י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the waywardness	מְשׁוּבַ֣ת	mə·šū·ḇaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4878 turning back, apostasy
of the simple	פְּתָיִ֣ם	pə·ṯā·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H6612 simple
will slay them	תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑ם	ta·har·ḡêm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine plural	H2026 kill, slay
and the complacency	וְשַׁלְוַ֖ת	wə·šal·waṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H7962 quietness, ease
of fools	כְּסִילִ֣ים	kə·sî·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3684 stupid fellow, dullard, fool
will destroy them	תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃	tə·’ab·bə·ḏêm	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine plural	H6 perish

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 1:31 Proverbs 14:14 · Jeremiah 6:19 · Job 4:8 · Proverbs 22:8 · Galatians 6:7–8 · Isaiah 3:10–11 · Jeremiah 2:19

Proverbs 1:32 Proverbs 8:36 · John 3:36 · Jeremiah 2:19 · Luke 16:19–25 · Hebrews 12:25

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.